Asbestos in India continues to pose a serious public health threat, even as awareness about its dangers grows worldwide. Despite the material being banned or strictly regulated in more than 70 countries, India remains one of the largest importers of asbestos. In 2019–2020 alone, the country imported over 361,000 tonnes of chrysotile asbestos, mostly from […]
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Feb
Feb
Asbestos is a dangerous material that has been used for many years in building and construction because it is strong and resistant to heat. However, over time, people found out that asbestos can cause serious health problems like lung cancer and asbestosis. These are all harmful diseases that can happen if someone is exposed to […]
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Sep
Sep
Asbestos was a widely used mineral in most of the industries in India. Every year thousands of people die from asbestos-related diseases in India. Asbestos was commonly used worldwide, before its dangers to health were widely known. It is now illegal to use it in any new products in India since 21 January 2011, as […]
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Oct
Oct
Usage of asbestos is banned all over India since 2011 by our Supreme Court Order. Asbestos is a carcinogenic mineral that needs to be removed and disposed safely from industrial and residential premises. In India, asbestos containing materials are present in insulations in most of the properties built in last century. Unfortunately most people do not […]
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Aug
Aug
During last century Asbestos was the most extensively used naturally occurring mineral fibre in various industrial, commercial, ship building and housing industries. Asbestos is cheap, easy to mine and fire retardant. These qualities made asbestos bulk filler in construction-related products. After its extensive use for over 20-30 years, scientists found out a hazardous quality in asbestos […]
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Jun
Jun
Asbestos is highly toxic material and it was used abundantly in various industries in the past century. It was a series of diseases that led to the identification of the toxicity of Asbestos. The first wave of asbestos disease occurred in workers involved in the mining and milling of crude asbestos and in the manufacture of […]
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Sep
Sep
Parker’s EPSCO India realised that we are yet using Asbestos – a banned mineral worldwide but with no such regulations in India. Hence Suhel Parker has taken the lead in raising the awareness to the dangers of exposure to human health. EPSCO India got in touch with National Asbestos & Environmental Training Institute (NAETI) and persuaded […]
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Jul
Jul
Malignant mesothelioma is a rare cancer that few people survive. This disease has made the news in recent years due to lawsuits filed against companies that do not disclose their knowledge of the potential toxic results of asbestos exposure. The most famous victim of mesothelioma was Steve McQueen, who died in 1980 at the age of […]
