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2. Health impact of asbestos - Wikipedia

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   The most common diseases associated with chronic exposure to asbestos are asbestosis and mesothelioma. [4] According to OSHA, [11] "there is no 'safe' level of asbestos exposure for any type of asbestos fiber. [12] [13] Asbestos exposures as short in duration as a few days have caused mesothelioma in humans. Every occupational exposure to ...

3. Asbestos-related diseases - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos-related diseases are disorders of the lung and pleura caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibres. Asbestos-related diseases include non-malignant disorders such as asbestosis (pulmonary fibrosis due to asbestos), diffuse pleural thickening, pleural plaques, pleural effusion, rounded atelectasis and malignancies such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma.

4. Asbestosis - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos bodies in the absence of fibrosis indicate exposure, not disease. Figure A shows the location of the lungs, airways, pleura, and diaphragm in the body. Figure B shows lungs with asbestos-related diseases, including pleural plaque, lung cancer, asbestosis, plaque on the diaphragm, and mesothelioma.

5. Hazardous Air Force base that potentially poisoned thousands ...

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   In 2020, at least 51 plaintiffs, including Vera, tried to sue the federal government claiming the hazardous exposure to toxic chemicals led their medical problems, the outlet reported.

6. Asbestos victims in Montana want Buffett's railroad company ...

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   An attorney for two people who died of a rare lung cancer argued on Monday for a jury to hold BNSF Railway responsible for pollution in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where ...

7. As schools in LA reopen, parents worry about harmful ash from ...

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   It contains pesticides, asbestos, plastics and lead, all of which children are more vulnerable to. ... the long-term health impacts of exposure to massive urban fire like this year's in California ...