Umesh Kumar, a roadside vendor in Bihar’s capital of Patna, sells precut 3-by-1 meter (10-by-3 foot) asbestos cement sheets for 600 rupees ($10) each.

Large sheets of asbestos cement are shredded and wettened. Through milling and heating, an alkaline slurry is created, which the company says dissolves the asbestos fibres.

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“The asbestos cement sheets are available at low cost, therefore these are widely used for roofing but in long-run it has several negative results,” said Patel.

Umesh Kumar, a roadside vendor in Bihar's capital of Patna, sells precut 3-by-1 meter (10-by-3 foot) asbestos cement sheets for 600 rupees ($10) each. A tin or a fiberglass sheet of similar ...

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Fears asbestos sheets used at construction sites across country. A company that imported 8000 sheets of cement board containing ­asbestos from China is under ­investigation.

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Large sheets of asbestos cement are shredded and wettened. Through milling and heating, an alkaline slurry is created, which the company says dissolves the asbestos fibres.