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Global use of asbestos - legitimate and illegitimate issues

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2020
Background Exposure to asbestos causes non-malignant and malignant diseases including asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. The modern history of such diseases goes back more than a century.
Arthur L. Frank
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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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Microarray data and gene expression statistics for Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to simulated asbestos mine drainage

Data in Brief, 2017
Here we describe microarray expression data (raw and normalized), experimental metadata, and gene-level data with expression statistics from Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to simulated asbestos mine drainage from the Vermont Asbestos Group (VAG) Mine ...
Heather E. Driscoll, Janet M. Murray, Erika L. English, Timothy C. Hunter, Kara Pivarski, Elizabeth D. Dolci   +5 more
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Case Report: Forensic Chemistry Analysis in Asbestos Litigation

Brazilian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Medical Law and Bioethics
Chrysotile asbestos, a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral, is extensively used in various industries due to its advantageous properties, including low cost, thermal insulation, mechanical strength, and resistance to chemical and biological ...
Lúcio Paulo Lima Logrado, Caio Tadão Joko, André Lima Logrado   +2 more
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Commentary on Notification and Recordkeeping of Occupational Mesothelioma in India

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 69, Issue 4, Page 219-225, April 2026.
ABSTRACT In India, some occupational diseases are notifiable under the Mines Act, 1952, and the Factories Act, 1948. Mesothelioma, primarily attributable to asbestos exposure, has been listed specifically as one of the notifiable diseases under the Mines Act, 1952, and is notifiable under the category of occupational cancer in the Factories Act, 1948 ...
Raja Singh, Arthur L. Frank
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Invisible threats: environmental asbestos exposure and water contamination in a former mining area of Northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Asbestos, a mineral fiber historically used in construction and industry due to its durability and resistance, is recognized as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), based on sufficient evidence of ...
Orleane Souza de Brito, Matheus Felipe Manduca Pereira, Carmen Sofia Murilhas Cardoso de Lima, Gabriel Abelha Carrijo-Gonçalves   +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, Hongseok Jang, Seungyoung So   +2 more
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Respirable Asbestiform Serpentines in Outdoor and Indoor Air Near an Active Serpentinite Quarry

Indoor Air, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The excavation and processing of serpentinites release asbestos and asbestiform fibers into outdoor and indoor air near quarries. In this study, concentrations of respirable asbestiform antigorite and chrysotile in indoor and outdoor air in a village near a serpentinite quarry and processing plants in southwestern Poland were investigated. Serpentinite‐
Andrzej Obmiński, Janusz Janeczek, Filip Chyliński, Arkadiusz Krzątała, Tomasz Krzykawski, Li Yang   +5 more
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Prevalence of Asbestos-Related Disease Among Workers in Sri Lanka

Annals of Global Health, 2019
Background: Asbestos products are manufactured and used in Sri Lanka in the construction and automobile industries. Objective: To determine radiologically if exposure to asbestos caused lung disease among workers handling asbestos products, and to ...
B. Aseni Wickramatillake, Menaka A. Fernando, Arthur L. Frank   +2 more
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Trends in Pleural Mesothelioma Incidence and Survival in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas in the United States

Cancer Medicine, Volume 14, Issue 24, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is a rare, aggressive cancer with significant variation in incidence based on geographic factors. Previous studies have highlighted cancer survival disparities between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan populations for other cancers; this data is largely unreported for PM.
Alexander J. Didier, Charlotte Lennox, Mingjia Li, Jinesh Gheeya, Asrar Alahmadi, Jacob Kaufman, Regan Memmott, Kai He, Peter Shields, Christian Rolfo, David P. Carbone, Carolyn Presley, Dwight Owen, Logan Roof   +13 more
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