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Figure B shows lungs with asbestos-related diseases, including pleural plaque, lung cancer, asbestosis, plaque on the diaphragm, and mesothelioma. All types of asbestos fibers are known to cause serious health hazards in humans. [1][2][3] The most common diseases associated with chronic exposure to asbestos are asbestosis and mesothelioma.
Asbestos (/ æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s, æ z-,-t ɒ s / ass-BES-təs, az-, -toss) [1] is a naturally occurring, carcinogenic, fibrous silicate mineral.There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre (particulate with length substantially greater than width) [2] being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into the atmosphere by ...
Asbestos cement is usually formed into flat or corrugated sheets or into pipes, but can be molded into any shape that can be formed using wet cement. In Europe, cement sheets came in a wide variety of shapes, while there was less variation in the US, due to labor and production costs. Although fibro was used in a number of countries, in ...
The site of a steam pipe explosion in Manhattan Thursday has tested positive for asbestos, causing concern about the impact on people who came into contact with it. Asbestos Found at Site of Steam ...
Asbestosis is the scarring of lung tissue (beginning around terminal bronchioles and alveolar ducts and extending into the alveolar walls) resulting from the inhalation of asbestos fibers. There are two types of fibers: amphibole (thin and straight) and serpentine (curly).
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that develops from the thin layer of tissue that covers many of the internal organs (known as the mesothelium). [10] The area most commonly affected is the lining of the lungs and chest wall. [1][3] Less commonly the lining of the abdomen and rarely the sac surrounding the heart, [11] or the sac surrounding each ...
Transite. An example of cement-asbestos corrugated and board products, possibly transite. Transite originated as a brand that Johns Manville, an American company, created in 1929 for a line of asbestos - cement products, including boards and pipes. [1] In time it became a generic term for other companies' similar asbestos-cement products, and ...
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. People who worked in jobs with high asbestos dust exposure are at the highest risk ...