Hi, Jessica Anthes!
Thanks for the question.
To be straightforward, in Serbia (or Yugoslavia at the time when this was prominent in the U.S.A.) snacks ceiling isn't used term and also this kind of ceiling wasn't integrated in, too. Rather than that we have something comparable as well as we call it in vernacular Spanish wall/ceiling (Serbian: шпански зид/ španski zid). It can be used for ceilings, also and also has selections in appearances, from moderate to extremely noticable disproportion.
Left: Spanish wall/ceiling; Right: popcorn ceiling
It's can be similar to the appearance of popcorn ceiling, yet it's not totally the very same and also products for making these sort of wall and also ceiling appearances aren't the exact same either. For example, this type of decor has never ever included white asbestos fibers.
Products having asbestos were normally made use of for other objectives, such as covering the roof covering with the least expensive feasible material that could be located at the market during demands, after WWII when Serbia had to manage rebuilding household negotiations consequently of the battle devastation, and also later on industrialization and also quick boost of city citizens.
So, such sorts of roofing systems can still be discovered in some components of cities or various other negotiations as well as they will be gotten rid of in the future. The procedure of their removal has actually currently begun. As the repercussion of that, there are different info in the media. As an example, it's approximated that it's much more harmful to generate and integrated in anything containing asbestos, than being later on exposed to this product during its exploitation. However, there are other sources, as well. According to this sources, first off WHO (World Health Organisation), asbestos is listed as one of the carcinogen materials as well as it's banned from usage.
Removal of asbestos plates from the roof covering. Source: Tržište azbestom bez kontrole
As others provided good sides of snacks ceilings, such as capacity to hide flaws with orange peel structure, and also its acoustical attributes, it was banned from usage for the exact same reason: containing asbestos. Nowadays they are paper-based or Styrofoam item to develop the exact same texture for ceilings in the U.S.A..
Why did they became prominent?
Well, like whatever else. Someone made a product as well as made a development out there.
Numerous products end up in the marketplace before they have actually been in fact tested in terms of their long-term effects on human health. It's happening all over the the globe at all times, particularly after automation of the products' production and taking a part in "that is mosting likely to market as well as earn more" race. Occasionally the absence of understanding regarding the material efficiencies is likewise the crucial factor in the whole story.
