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  2. Health impact of asbestos - Wikipedia

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    Exposure to asbestos in the form of fibers is always considered dangerous. Working with, or exposure to, material that is friable, or materials or works that could cause release of loose asbestos fibers, is considered high risk. However, in general, people who become ill from inhaling asbestos have been regularly exposed in a job where they ...

  3. Asbestos - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos (/ æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s, æ z-,-t ɒ s / ass-BES-təs, az-, -⁠toss) [1] is a group of naturally occurring, toxic, carcinogenic and fibrous silicate minerals.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 ...

  4. Phytotoxicity - Wikipedia

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    Of these, Co, Cu, Fe, Ni, and Zn are trace elements required in small amounts for enzyme and redox reactions essential in plant development. [2] However, past a certain threshold they become toxic. The other heavy metals listed are considered toxic at any concentration and can bioaccumulate, posing a health hazard to humans if consumed. [6]

  5. Asbestosis - Wikipedia

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    Murray indicated that fibrosis of the lungs caused by asbestos dust was a plausible cause of the patient's death. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] The death of English textile worker Nellie Kershaw in 1924 from pulmonary asbestosis was the first case to be described in medical literature, and the first published account of disease definitely attributed to ...

  6. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    The plant is toxic enough to cause human and animal fatalities if ingested. Every part of the plant is poisonous, especially the tuberous rhizomes. As with other members of the Colchicaceae, this plant contains high levels of colchicine, a toxic alkaloid. It also contains the alkaloid gloriocine.

  7. You may have poison in your garden. Here are most fatal WA ...

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    Noxious weeds can be deadly for humans, animals and other plants in your garden. Here’s how to identify a plants before you get hurt. Noxious weeds can be deadly for humans, animals and other ...

  8. Five common MS plants that can cause problems for your pets ...

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    Every part of Hydrangeas, which is common to many yards in Mississippi and the South and is a native plant, is poisonous to dogs. The good news is that it takes quite a lot of Hydrangea material ...

  9. 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.