Types of asbestos minerals most commonly used in commercial products were Chrysotile, Amosite and Crocidolite with other forms being less common.
Asbestos is known to pose human health hazards.
Inhalation into the lungs is the main route of entry into the body for asbestos fibers. Prolonged exposure to elevated amounts of airborne asbestos fibers can result in Asbestosis, a fibrotic lung disease. On the University campus all work involving removal, repair, maintenance or cleanup of ACBM is to be done by workers with Asbestos Worker Training and Licensing, supervised by a Licensed Asbestos Supervisor. Whenever University employees become aware of a situation in their workplace where ACBM will be disturbed by their routine work or there is a repair situation involving or impacting ACBM their immediate supervisor must be informed. ACBM will be abated where normal employee activities will cause a situation where fibers of asbestos will become airborne.