Comment by tetromino_
2 years ago
There are different varieties of asbestos. None are good for you, but some are far more deadly than others.
Western European countries (including Spain, I am guessing) and Australia tended to use the most dangerous varieties of asbestos - crocidolite and amosite. By contrast, North America and ex-USSR countries used the less carcinogenic chrysotile.
While blue asbestos was used in some applications, the vast majority of asbestos in Australian homes is chrysolite.
There were (and are) still many mesothelioma and asbestos deaths in tradesmen building with chrysolite containing products here, as well as people whose only known exposure was renovation of houses containing it.