Asbestos has no smell or taste and asbestos fibers are so small that they are not visible to the naked eye. The fibers can lodge in the lung or other body tissues and over time lead to the development ...

A characteristic of the serpentine asbestos is that it has a more curled shape to the fibers, whereas those in the amphiboles look more like jagged spikes. Of these asbestos minerals, chrysotile ...

Asbestos insulation comes in many forms and can look loose, lumpy, and fluffy like wool or hardened like corrugated cardboard or pebbly, and has a gray, gray-brown, or silvery gold color.