Not all the substances that contain the asbestos are harmful. However, once the asbestos substances are damaged, materials involved in it are very harmful and the exposures to these damaged asbestos substances are not good. This will lead to the increased risk of getting mesothelioma cancer. In mid 19th Century, it is observed that most of the people in Western Counties were suffering from the mesothelioma cancer.
Because of the various people affecting with this disease, the higher authorities have passed many rules and regulations for those people who are conducting business with these asbestos particles. They are strictly warned to take a license to run the business and the percentile of using the asbestos particles should be very low in number. Only then it is allowed for them to use it. If at all they violate the rule, they are strictly punished and thus the higher authorities are controlling risk in the surrounding areas