Helpful Educational Links
Below are some helpful links to help educate you about asbestos:
- Guide to Asbestos in the Home
- Alarming facts about Asbestos
- Asbestos Exposure 1 in 8 show lung cancer
- How healthy is your workplace?
- Carbon Nanotubes
- Environmental Health – Vermiculite
- 10 Simple Steps to Asbestos Abatement | Safe Work Manitoba
- Managing Asbestos in Buildings | Safe Work Manitoba
- Asbestos – What You Need to Know | Safe Work Manitoba
- Asbestos and Mesothelioma
- Mesothelioma Support
- Asbestos - What you need to know
Where Asbestos Has Been Used
Multiple Industries:
- The automotive industry uses asbestos in vehicle brake shoes and clutch pads.
- Building and construction industry uses asbestos for strengthening cement as well as sound absorption, roofing, insulation and fireproofing.
- Shipbuilding industry uses asbestos to insulate hot water pipes, boilers and steam pipes.
- Asbestos is also used in many different industrial products such as plastics, ceiling and floor tiles, adhesives, talc-containing crayons, etc.