An explosion of new uses rapidly emerged, with the first asbestos brake linings being manufactured in England in 1896 and with the first patent in Germany for the manufacture of asbestos cement in 1899. Also during this time period the first reports of the health hazards of asbestos emerged from Italy and England.
But the momentum for asbestos use to fuel industry did not stop with these early health warnings. In 1906, the first asbestos brake linings were manufactured in the United States, and many other countries started mining asbestos, including Finland. By the 1920s and 1930s, asbestos brake linings were being manufactured in virtually every country with an automobile industry, and many pipes and corrugated sheet were made of asbestos.
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