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Sources of asbestos
Used as fire retardant in:
Insulation
Floor tiles
Roof shingles
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Sources of carbon monoxide
Incomplete combustion from wood burning stoves and fireplaces, furnaces, kerosene, and gas.
Also cars and cigarette
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Sources of Radon
Break down product from Uranium decay from rocks and soil or in groundwater
Uranium formations under buildings
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Sources of tobacco smoke
Cigarettes, cigars, pipes
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Human health effects of asbestos
Particles enter lung
Lung irritant
Lung diseases (Asbestosis)
Lung cancer
Other respiratory problems
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Human health effects of Carbon Monoxide
Combines with Hemoglobin and reduces O2 in cells.
Headaches, drowsiness, fatigue, blurred vision, dizziness,n nausea, death.
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Human health effects of Formaldehyde (VOC)
Irritation of eyes, nose, throat
Impaired breathing, asthma
Lung cancer
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Sources of Formaldehyde
Furniture, particle board, fiberboard, foam insulation, new furniture, and drapes.
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Human health effect of Radon
Lung cancer
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Human health effect of Tobacco smoke
Cancer (lung, mouth, throat)
Respiratory problems-URI
Ear infections
Heart disease, emphysema
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Prevention, control, clean up of Asbestos
Has been banned
Removal or containment
Some think risk is overstated
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Prevention, control, clean up of Carbon Monoxide
Service appliances -- fix them
Use electric or solar heat
Stop smoking
Ban wood stoves or wood burning
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Prevention, control, clean up of Formaldehyde
Improve ventilation use
Different building materials
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Prevention, control, clean up of Radon
Seal cracks, increase ventilation
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Prevention, control, clean up of Tobacco smoke
Stop smoking, ban indoor smoking, increase ventilation
Outlaw smoking, indoor smoking,
Increase excise tax on tobacco so people smoke less
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