Environmental concerns in production of Asbestos fibres & its usage in the industry

ABSTRACT Environment means our surrounding which includes the natural as well as man made things. It is important for all of us to understand our surrounding, the interaction of various life forms within it, the interaction of our environment with us and how human beings change this interaction the study of all this together known as environmental study. Pollution is any undesirable change in the physical, chemical or biological characteristics of natural water, air or soil, which can be adversary affect the life, can create a potential health hazards to any living organism, or can cause damage to the non-living things, material or property. The substance or matter, which causes pollution, is referred as pollutant. There are different types of pollutions such as air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution etc. From these different types of pollutions asbestos pollution belongs to air pollution, which is also known as natural pollution because, occurs due to naturally occurring asbestos fibers. This paper focuses on Asbestos production, its usage and environmental concerns. Keywords: Asbestos, Asbestosis, Impacts, control measures