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BMC Cancer, 2008 Background Chrysotile is considered less harmful to human health than other types of asbestos fibers. Its clearance from the lung is faster and, in comparison to amphibole forms of asbestos, chrysotile asbestos fail to accumulate in the lung tissue due ...
Machado-Santelli Glaucia M +1 more
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Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 2020 Background Fibrous chrysotile has been the most commonly applied asbestos mineral in a range of technical applications. However, it is toxic and carcinogenic upon inhalation. The chemical reactivity of chrysotile fiber surfaces contributes to its adverse
Martin Walter +5 more
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Design and application of environmentally effective concrete with usage of chrysotile-cement waste
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016 Construction is resource-demanding industry, characterized by a large volume of waste. Particularly chrysotile cement waste obtained both in production and in dismantling over age chrysotile-cement products: corrugated asbestos boards and flat sheets ...
Egorova Lada +3 more
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Carbonation of Chrysotile under Subduction Conditions
Engineering, 2019 In order to understand the role of serpentine minerals in the global carbon cycle, high-pressure X-ray diffraction (XRD) experiments were performed on chrysotile (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4) using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a pressure medium.
Mihye Kong, Yongjae Lee
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ROS-mediated genotoxicity of asbestos-cement in mammalian lung cells
Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 2005 Asbestos is a known carcinogen and co-carcinogen. It is a persisting risk in our daily life due to its use in building material as asbestos-cement powder.
Rödelsperger Klaus +9 more
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Life, 2022 Background: pleural mesothelioma is a rare cancer in the general population, but it is more common in subjects occupationally exposed to asbestos. Studies with asbestos fiber quantification in pleural tissue are scarce: for this reason, we aimed at ...
Yohama Caraballo-Arias +3 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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The Influence of Various Factors on Nanocatalyst Activity during Benzothiophene Hydrogenation
Applied Sciences, 2022 Herein, we disclosed a method of preparing a nanocatalyst containing nickel-cobalt by impregnation in a hydrochloric acid medium. Optimal conditions were established for all stages of nanocatalyst preparation using the method of probabilistic ...
Aigerim Barshabayeva +8 more
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Diagnostic limitations of lung fiber counts in asbestos-related diseases
The Journal of Scientific Practice and Integrity, 2023 # Background Lung dust fibre analyses have been used by some pathologists to estimate past asbestos exposure in the workplace and its related health risks.
Joachim Schneider +3 more
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Evaluation of Mineral Carbonation of Asbestos-Tex and Analysis of Airborne Asbestos Concentrations
Buildings, 2022 Asbestos is a human carcinogen that causes diseases, such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. In Korea, approximately 1.23 × 109 kg of asbestos raw materials was imported for about 30 years.
Yongtaek Lim +2 more
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