Asbestos Quiz
Asbestos is a major killer in the UK but how much do you know about it? Try our Asbestos to find out how much you do know.
- Asbestos is a man-made substance? true/false
- Asbestos related disease is the biggest industrial killer in Britain? true/false
- You can distinguish the type of asbestos by its colour.? true/false
- There are 3 main types of asbestos blue, brown, white? true/false
- The common name for Crocidolite is Blue asbestos? true/false
- Name 2 areas where asbestos was used in domestic properties?
- The risks associated with White asbestos are generally considered to be lower than the risks from brown or blue? true/false
- Amosite is a “serpentine” form of asbestos? true/false
- The legal “control limit” for white asbestos is 0.2 fibres per cm3 of air. true/false
- Name one country where asbestos is still produced?
- There is a known safe threshold level of fibre exposure? true/false
- Which country in the following list has the highest per capita incidence of cancers associated with asbestos? :- England, America, Australia, India, South Africa.
- All importation and use of asbestos is now banned in the UK? true/false
- There is no duty to “manage “ asbestos in domestic properties? true/false
- What is “Grunerite” Blue, Brown or White asbestos? ……………………….
- Insurance companies were refusing to sell asbestos workers life insurance as far back as :- 1926, 1918, 1932? (choose one)
- Every week, 10, 15, 20, 25 tradesmen die from asbestos related disease? (choose one)
- Name three classes of occupation who are most at risk at present?
- The law does not require mandatory training for anyone liable to be exposed to asbestos fibres at work? true/false
- The worlds modern asbestos manufacturing industry started in Rochdale in:- 1860, 1874, 1902, (choose one)
- State three factors that increase the risk of exposure to building workers?
- Asbestos related diseases kill approximately, 1800, 2000, 3500, 4000 people in the UK annually. (choose one)
- Everyone in Britain is being exposed to asbestos fibres present in the general environment? true/false
- Give 2 reasons why asbestos was used so extensively.
- If asbestos is found in public buildings it has to be removed? true/false
