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Public Health Assessment \u2013 Public Comment Release Libby Asbestos NPL Site

Libby is the county seat of Lincoln County, in northwest Montana. Vermiculite was mined from \u201cZonolite Mountain\u201d near Libby from the early 1920s until 1990 and was processed for export in and around the town of Libby.

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Asbestos: current issues related to cancer and to uses in developing countries

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Asbestos is one of the main occupational carcinogens recognized and studied in the literature. Its uses have undergone major changes in recent decades, with severe restrictions on commercial amphiboles according to different patterns: in developed ...
Eduardo Algranti
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Asbestos

This California Geological Survey site provides information about naturally occurring chrysotile and amphibole asbestos in ultramafic rocks and the possible health hazards of asbestos dust from the disturbance of rocks and soil.

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Asbestos Deposits of Arizona with an Introduction on Asbestos Minerals

, 1928
The name asbestos is derived from the Greek word for inextinguishable or indestructible, and the adjective asbestiform. is applied to any mineral that is readily separable into more or less flexible fibers.
Wilson, E.D., Butler, G.M.
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The Presence of Asbestos-Contaminated Vermiculite Attic Insulation and/or Other Asbestos Containing Materials in Homes and the Potential for Living Space Contamination

, 2012
Asbestos-contaminated vermiculite attic insulation (VAI) produced from a mine near Libby, Montana, may be present in millions of homes along with other commercial asbestos-containing materials (ACM). The primary goal of the research described here was to
Hart, Julie, Spear, Tessa, Elasheb, Mohamed, Spear, Terry, Loushin, Molly, Shaw, Natalie   +5 more
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Mineral fibres, fibrosis, and asbestos bodies in lung tissue from deceased asbestos cement workers

, 1990
Lung tissue from 76 deceased asbestos cement workers (seven with mesothelioma) exposed to chrysotile asbestos and small amounts of amphiboles, has been studied by transmission electron microscopy, together with lung tissue from 96 controls.
Pooley, F D, Jakobsson, Kristina, Johansson, Leif, Albin, Maria, Attewell, R, Mitha, R   +5 more
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Mineral fibres, fibrosis, and asbestos bodies in lung tissue from deceased asbestos cement workers [Elektronisk resurs]

, 1990
Lung tissue from 76 deceased asbestos cement workers (seven with mesothelioma) exposed to chrysotile asbestos and small amounts of amphiboles, has been studied by transmission electron microscopy, together with lung tissue from 96 controls.
Albin, Maria,, Pooley, F D, Johansson, Leif,, Attewell, R, Mitha, R, Lund University., Jakobsson, Kristina,   +6 more
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Mineralogical and Geochemical Fingerprinting of Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in Asbestos and Non-Asbestos Tremolite: Implications for Human Health. [PDF]

Geohealth
Bloise A, Fuoco I, Vespasiano G, Giorno E, Pacella A, Filicetti S, La Russa MF, Pereira D, Piersante C, Apollaro C.   +9 more
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X-ray investigation of cobalt amphibole asbestos [PDF]

Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography, 1981
T. I. Shishelova, L. V. Tchilikanova, E. A. Tchaikina   +2 more
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The genetics of cancer heterogeneity and mesothelioma. [PDF]

Front Oncol
Chirieac LR, Gill R, Attanoos R.
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