Why Is Asbestos So Common?
Why is asbestos so common, when nowadays asbestos removal is so popular? According to Mark Attwood, asbestos hit a zeitgeist – although it has been around for thousands, maybe millions, of years, it was central to the boom in civil growth in the late nineteenth and early to mid twentieth centuries in construction across the UK, and beyond. If you look into it further, you can see that the devastation asbestos can have on health was known since the 1890s, even though it feels like a relatively new thing for the Public to know about its dangers. So, whay was asbestos so popular, even though those in the know, knew it was extremely harmful? Let’s look at its durability, asbestos is extremely hardwearing. This is an important quality in construction – for obvious reasons. After all, we don’t want a construction crumbling away after a few months! Another thing important in construction is for materials to be heat resistant, and asbestos is the most heat resistant material around. As well as being a fantastic insulator, it is also fire resistant. So once you’ve used it as insulation, to coat something or as lagging, it’s not surprising it was so popular. However, the number one important aspect which made asbestos one of the most common materials found in buildings was its cheapness. Asbestos is a natural material found in the ground and quarried very cheaply.
People suspect that the governments didn’t really reveal the massive impact asbestos has on health because of it cheapness and usefulness in construction. It can also be blended into other materials easily. You can find fireblankets, rubber tiles and concrete that contain asbestos. So, Mark Attwood also told me that being cheap to make, being easily manipulated and found in most continents made it so popular. In fact, it sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Yes, it was too good to be true – asbestos is extremely harmful. Now since its ban in 1999, has the UK really got a job on its hand in the form of asbestos removal.
The industriousness exhibited in the 20th century of filling buildings with the stuff is matched with the industriousness of the 21st century with us taking on the great responsibility of asbestos removal. Asbestos removal, a necessity, doesn’t carry any danger if tackled properly. If asbestos removal experts are carrying out the job, then procedures mean that the environment is a safe and harm-free one. When carrying out their job, asbestos removal experts will make sure they are keeping the surrounding area completely hazardness-free.






















