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A new fact sheet about chrysotile asbestos has been published. Chrysotile is the most common type of asbestos and is the major commercial form of asbestos used globally.
The following facts represent knowledge concerning chrysotile asbestos, the only form of asbestos currently marketed. Fact 1 For the past two decades, chrysotile has been the only commercially mined
Is all asbestos the same? The two general types of asbestos are chrysotile (fibrous serpentine) and amphibole. • Chrysotile asbestos has long, flexible fibers. This type of asbestos is most commonly used in commercial products. • Amphibole fibers are brittle and have a rod or needle shape.
Chrysotile is the most common type of asbestos and the major commercial form. It has been proven that all forms of asbestos, including chrysotile, cause asbestosis, mesothelioma and cancers of the lung, larynx and ovary.
Serpentine asbestos includes the mineral chrysotile, which has long, curly fibers that can be woven. Chrysotile asbestos is the form that has been used most widely in commercial applications. Amphibole asbestos includes the minerals actinolite, tremolite, anthophyllite, crocidolite, and amosite.
There are six main forms of asbestos, and the main form in current use is chrysotile (white asbestos). All six main forms of asbestos have been assessed by WHO as being carcinogenic to humans. Exposure to asbestos, including chrysotile, causes cancer of the lung, larynx and ovaries, and mesothelioma (a cancer of the pleural and peritoneal linings).
This fact sheet contains information on the dangers of chrysotile (white) asbestos, the movement for a global ban and common questions relating to chrysotile asbestos. The translated version of this fact sheet is available in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Indonesian, Khmer, Lao, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
Fact #1: Asbestos is a regulated carcinogen. Fact #3: Chrysotile is the most common variety of asbestos found in products in the United States. - It is the most abundant asbestos variety on earth. Fact #4: Chrysotile asbestos has been a significant contributor to asbestos-related illness and death to the US and worldwide workforce.
This publication on chrysotile asbestos is divided into three parts. The first part reproduces a WHO short information document for decision-makers on the elimination of asbestos-related diseases.
What is chrysotile asbestos and what products is it used in? Asbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral fibre. Chrysotile asbestos, or white asbestos, is one of 6 types of asbestos. Chrysotile asbestos is the only form of asbestos still mined and traded commercially. It has constituted 95% of all asbestos marketed over the past century.1