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Article: Artexcancer warning to DIY lovers; (1) GoodHealth (2) Asbestos hidden in household ceilings could cost thousands of lives.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- February 28, 2006
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Byline: ISLA WHITCROFT
HOMEOWNERS with a penchant for DIY have been warned they are at risk from a deadly cancer triggered by asbestos hidden in their homes.
Most houses built from 1950 up until the 1980s contain asbestos in their insulation, heating ducts and drainpipes. It is the fibres from asbestos, especially when it is broken up, that lodge in the pleural cavity around the lungs, causing mesothelioma - and a rapid and painful death.
In their eagerness to renovate their homes, amateur builders and even tradesmen are ripping out these dangerous substances with no idea of the long-term havoc they can cause.
Faced by predictions that ...