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Annals of Global Health, 2014 Background: Asbestos continues to be used in large quantities around the world and to be an important commodity in global trade. Objective: To assess and quantify current global patterns of asbestos production, export and use; to examine global patterns ...
Arthur L. Frank, T.K. Joshi
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Biodurability is one of the main determinants of asbestos hazardousness for human health. Very little is known about the actual persistence of asbestos in lungs and its clearance, nor about differences in this regard between the different mineralogical ...
Silvia D. Visonà +12 more
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Reinforcement of polymeric structures with asbestos fibrils [PDF]
, 1970 Investigation determines structural potential of asbestos fibrils. Methods are developed for dispersing macrofibers of the asbestos into colloidal-sized ultimate fibrils and incorporating these fibrils in matrices without causing ...
Rader, C. A., Schwartz, A. M.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018 Although some countries have reduced asbestos consumption and instituted bans, other countries continue to produce and consume asbestos even as asbestos-related deaths mount and the associated societal costs are high.
L.P Allen +4 more
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Battery Energy, EarlyView.We present an economically viable approach for synthesizing carbon nanomaterials derived from discarded cigarette filters, an abundant environmental pollutant. The resulting material exhibits desirable characteristics, including a well‐defined stacking structure, high porosity, and a substantial specific surface area, making it suitable as an active ...
Akash Sivanandan +5 more
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The “Peripheral Plaintiff”: Duty Determinations in Take-Home Asbestos Cases [PDF]
, 2012 Since the 1970s, litigation concerning the dangers of asbestos in the workplace has transformed from a few workers’ compensation claims to hundreds of thousands of lawsuits against companies in nearly every industry. While the typical plaintiff in these
Kotlarsky, Yelena
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Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018 Asbestos is an environmental carcinogen, and asbestos-related diseases are a global-scale public health issue. We report three cases (one male and two females) of pleural malignant mesothelioma (PMM) caused by environmental asbestos exposure reported by ...
L. Vimercati +6 more
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Mesothelioma and asbestos [PDF]
Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2008 The current state of knowledge concerning mesothelioma risk estimates is reviewed. Estimates of the risk of mesothelioma exist for the commercial asbestos fiber types chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite. Data also exist on which to assess risks for winchite (sodic tremolite) and anthophyllite asbestos.
Geoffrey Berry, Graham W. Gibbs
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FIGO committee opinion: Environmental drivers of gynecologic and reproductive health
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract This FIGO committee opinion paper addresses the growing body of evidence linking environmental exposures to common gynecologic and reproductive conditions across the life course. From adolescence through menopause, women are exposed to a wide range of environmental toxicants, including endocrine‐disrupting chemicals, air pollutants, heavy ...
Nathaniel DeNicola +9 more
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The Journal of Scientific Practice and Integrity, 2019 Chrysotile asbestos represents ninety-five percent of all asbestos sold over the past century. For more than two decades the global asbestos trade has consisted entirely of chrysotile asbestos.
Kathleen Ruff +11 more
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