Question

Asbestos causes most damage by being:

A. swallowed with food.
B. absorbed through the liver.
C. leaked into the water supply.
D. breathed into the lungs.

Answer 1

The answer is D, being breathed into the lungs.

Answer 2

D. Breathed into the lungs

Asbestos fibres are easily inhaled and carried into the lower regions of the lung where they can cause fibrotic lung disease (asbestosis) and changes in the lining of the chest cavity (pleura).