Occupational Exposure to Asbestos During Renovation

Occupational exposure to asbestos can occur during repair, renovation, or removal activities. Today in the United States, most occupational exposure to asbestos occurs during repair, renovation, removal, or maintenance of asbestos that was installed years ago. People can also be exposed at home, both to old sources of asbestos as a result of activities, such as home renovation, or to new sources of asbestos as a result of certain types of recreational activities and hobbies, such as auto repairs or gardening which may disturb natural outcroppings of asbestos in the environment.

Past Occupational Exposure. In the past, many occupations involved exposure to asbestos. Studies have documented the scale of the problem. In the United States, an estimated 27 million workers were exposed to aerosolized asbestos fibers between 1940 and 1979 (Nicholson et al. 1982).

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