Montgomery, Alabama takes part in Asbestos Awareness Week which runs from April 1-7.The week long event advances public knowledge concerning asbestos and the diseases brought by exposure to it. Asbestos fibers are invisible in plain sight and can easily be breathed in. They bring about diseases such as mesothelioma or cancer of the lungs.

Asbestos is still present in plenty of materials in the United States. Insulation and other products used in construction before the 1950’s up to the late 1970’s were composed of asbestos, most of which if not all, still exists today.

Asbestos Awareness Week was endorsed all over the country by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, which was organized in 2004 by victims of asbestos with the support of their loved ones. This organization strives for an overall ban of asbestos in the United States.

Source: Asbestos Awareness Week in Montgomery, AL

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