India Claims No Risk In Asbestos

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Only imported Chrysotile fiber is used in manufacturing cement sheets, according to the Asbestos Cement Products Manufacturers’ Association. The Indian manufacturing industry is on alert after its brush with the Clemenceau.

The Association is under fire after the French war ship left the Indian Ocean. With the heated debate that surrounded the ship being brought to an Indian port, the Association is doing damage control to assure inhabitants that the asbestos used in the cement making process is safe. The Clemenceau probably contained two types of hazardous asbestos, including “blue” and “brown” (Crocidolite and Amosite) asbestos, which can cause fatal diseases. Those two types of asbestos are banned in India, and are not a part of the cement industry.

Roofing and plumbing in low to moderate income housing does contain asbestos bearing cement. But the type of asbestos used can be just as important as the fact that it is present. The Association says they only use “white” asbestos in the wet process of making cement, further assuring that fibers are not released into the air. Many experts in the asbestos testify that Chrysotile (white) asbestos does not cause the harmful disease related to the other types, such as emphysema and mesothelioma.

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