“When a bomb turns an entire building into rubble, the concrete is smashed into pieces. Everything from pieces of asbestos to old sofa cushions ends up mixed together”, Professor Matti Kuittinen, an expert in architecture at Aalto University tells Euronews Green. Russian shelling has triggered millions of tons of asbestos to be released, forming heaps of contaminated rubble – a cause for concern given that an estimated 70% of Ukrainian buildings contain asbestos. While the risks of asbestos contamination are reduced when it is sealed in glue or cement, once exposed these risks significantly in…