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I have heard that for asbestos exposure, one fibre kills. Is this true?

April 26, 2017asbestos exposure fibre heard Kills

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I have heard that for asbestos exposure, one fibre kills. Is this true?

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Asbestos fibres are present everywhere in the air at very low levels. This means that everyone is breathing in a very low level of fibres all the time. The small burden of fibres resulting from this background exposure appears to be well tolerated, so the theory that one asbestos fibre kills would appear to be unfounded.

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Asbestos fibres are present everywhere in the air at very low levels. This means that everyone is breathing in a very low level of fibres all the time. The small burden of fibres resulting from this background exposure appears to be well tolerated, so the theory that one asbestos fibre kills is unfounded.