Substitute Fibre for Asbestos

Asbestos Fibre Types and Health Risks

Asbestos fibre burden in the lungs of patients with mesothelioma who lived near asbestos-cement factories.

BACKGROUND Epidemics of malignant mesothelioma are occurring among inhabitants of Casale Monferrato and Bari never employed in the local asbestos-cement (AC) factories. The mesothelioma risk increased with proximity of residence to both plants. OBJECTIVES To provide information on the intensity of environmental asbestos exposure, in the general population living around these factories, throug...

Histochemical study of asbestos fibre coating in experimental carrageenin granulomas.

Asbestos Presence in a Factory that Produced Asbestos-Containing Products

In 2007, research was carried out to determine the type and amount of asbestos fibers in a Croatian factory with a long history of making asbestos-containing products.Since the 1970s, asbestos fibres have been considered carcinogenic in humans i.e as a known cancer-causing agent. In the environment, asbestos fibres are inactive and naturally resist biodegradation. In time, fibres can only be gr...

Implications of the introduction of a replacement method for asbestos fibre counting in South Africa

Phase contrast microscopy (PCM) is an internationally accepted method for the evaluation of occupational exposure to asbestos fi bres present in breathed air. Despite the widespread use of this method, which is based on counting fi bres under a microscope, it has some inherent limitations which may impact on counting results and consequently affect exposure evaluations. An asbestos guide (Healt...