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    • Person in protective suit putting up an asbestos warning sign
    Rights: Public domain – U.S. Government Published 21 July 2007 Size: 69 KB Referencing Hub media

    Asbestos is a carginogenic material. Inhalation of asbestos has been proven to cause serious illness. In the 1980s many countries banned the use of asbestos and implemented safety programmes for the removal of asbestos. Here a man in full safety gear is preparing a site for the removal of asbestos.

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