Background Despite the available information on cancer risk, asbestos is used in large
areas in the world, mostly in the production of asbestos cement. Moreover, questions are …

Objective Asbestos is a known human carcinogen, with evidence for malignant
mesothelioma (MM), cancers of lung, ovary, larynx and possibly other organs. MM rates are …

Today, cancer is one of the main health issues faced in the workplace, with asbestos an
important carcinogen in the occupational environment. Among the asbestos minerals …

Objective. Italy has been a large user of asbestos and asbestos containing materials until
the 1992 ban. We present a pooled cohort study on long-term mortality in exposed workers …

Feed mill workers may handle or process maize contaminated with aflatoxins (AFs). This
condition may lead to an unacceptable intake of toxins deriving from occupational exposure …

One of the open questions regarding the asbestos problem is the fate of the mineral fibres in
the body once inhaled and deposited in the deep respiratory system. In this context, the …

Covered by ultrabasic units for more than a third of its surface, the New Caledonia (South
West Pacific) is one of the largest world producers of Ni-ore from lateritic deposits. Almost all …

For the first time, this work reports concentration maps of asbestos minerals in contaminated
mine tailings drawn using the results of Rietveld quantitative phase analysis (QPA). The …

This work describes the nature of the potentially hazardous fibrous amphibole found in the
Orani's feldspar mine (Sardinia, Italy). To identify its nature, a protocol of analysis including …

Although all six asbestos minerals (the layer silicate chrysotile and five chain silicate species
actinolite asbestos, amosite, anthophyllite asbestos, crocidolite and tremolite asbestos) are …