Health risks from asbestos exposures have been evaluated, considering past professional histories when exposures at workplaces were higher than today. A linear no-threshold (LNT) model has been applied, although its relevance is unproven. Fibers are often found in the lungs and pleura of deceased people. Fiber findings do not prove that a disease is caused by asbestos. It is reasonable to assum...

this study was performed during the abatement of two asbestos-containing materials (acm):baumlite board (cement flat board) and ceiling textile. the concentrations of total dust for personal sampling were 0.28 and 1.70 mg/m3 during baumlite board and ceiling textile abatements, respectively, when calculated with 8-hr time-weighted average (twa). the geometric mean (gm) asbestos concentrations w...

this study was performed during the abatement of two asbestos-containing materials (acm):baumlite board (cement flat board) and ceiling textile. the concentrations of total dust for personal sampling were 0.28 and 1.70 mg/m3 during baumlite board and ceiling textile abatements, respectively, when calculated with 8-hr time-weighted average (twa). the geometric mean (gm) asbestos concentrations w...

Particles longer than 5 ?m and with a length/diameter ratio >3 are defined as fibers. Asbestos or other fibers still identified in residential environments due to the emission from asbestos-used building materials. The respiratory system is primary route of asbestos exposure; under residence time, asbestos-related adverse health effects inevitable. Currently, have been replaced man-made vitreou...

worldwide, asbestos fibers utilized in fiber cement boards, have been recognized as harmful materials regarding the public health and environmental pollutions. these concerns motivate the researchers to find the appropriate alternatives to substitute the asbestos material towards the sustainability policies. in this paper, the applicability of asbestos replacement with three types of agricultur...

Given Australia’s significant and aged asbestos legacy, the long-term sustainability of effective accessible waste management is a national priority Asbestos National Strategic Plan. The current policy for managing hazardous via deep burial in landfill. Technological alternatives to approved landfill methods exist could be considered innovative sustainable additional options waste, where these ...

in this survey, asbestos fiber levels within the breathing zone of employers and in the environment of an asbestos-cement factory were monitored on membrane filter and counted by phase contrast optical microscope considering length/diameter>3:i (asbestos international associational method). the plant was fairly old and utilized both white (chrysotile) and blue (chrocidolite) asbestos. in each w...

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 develop and test procedures that would allow for the safe and effective weatherization of low-income homes with asbestos. The presence of asbe...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to analyze the correlation between pulmonary concentrations of asbestos bodies and asbestos fibers and to characterize asbestos body counts from lung tissue of Finnish patients occupationally exposed and unexposed to asbestos. METHODS Ninety-nine surgically treated lung cancer patients were investigated. The number of asbestos bodies in iron-stained 5-micro...