Blue asbestos was mainly used in spray-on coatings and insulation lagging, but UK imports were banned in 1972 due to emerging health fears. Brown asbestos was used mainly in thermal insulation up ...

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral in rocks and stone that was frequently found in floor tiles, insulation, and paint between the 1940s and 1970s. Lung cancer and other health risks ...

asbestos would also be used everywhere for insulation purposes, as well as around boilers, steam pipes and everywhere else where the heat-retaining yet thermally stable properties were very useful.