One interesting study is called, "Asbestos-contaminated nappies and familial mesothelioma." By Li, FP, Dreyfus, M Gand Antman, KH - Lancet. Vol. 1, no. 8643, pp. 909-910. 1989. Here is an excerpt: "Mesothelioma has been reported in families of asbestos workers who carried home these fibers on body surfaces and soiled clothing. The authors identified another such cluster in which cotton cloth sacks in which moulded asbestos...more
One interesting study is called, "Early Inflammatory Response to Asbestos Exposure in Rat and Hamster Lungs: Role of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase" by Martina Dörgera, , Anne-Marie Allmelinga, Rainer Kiefmannb, Silvia Münzinga, Konrad Messmera and Fritz Krombacha - Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology - Volume 181, Issue 2, 1 June 2002, Pages 93-105. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - Recent studies have suggested that inducible...more
Mesothelioma, the disease of mesothelium, is a painful one mingled with expensive treatment. Mesothelium is the covering made around the heart, lungs and other important organ of human body. It protects the organs from injury when beating against the body wall. Usually in case of involuntary muscles in human body, as found in heart, stomach, lungs etc, the mesothelium plays vital role. During respiration system the air is taken in, get purified in lungs and again the contaminated blood full of carbon-di-oxide is taken out. During the said purification process if there is any tiny or even microscopic particles are inhaled accidentally then those particles can not come out easily from lungs and remain stuck in the mesothelium. If such dust particles get accumulated in large number in lungs, then it causes many kind of lungs related or cardio-thoracic problems. In many cases it eventually leads to cancer, known as mesothelioma.This mesothelioma is then to be dealt with expensive medical treatment. Unfortunately, when mesothelioma shows up, it denotes terminally injured lungs. Along with the mesothelioma the required body strength to work and earn get decreased extremely. Considering...more
Mesothelioma may cause from any kind of exposure to dust for prolong time, may be for years. Such kind of prolong exposure to dust particle usually happens in asbestos industries. So, it is common for the worker to get affected in mesothelioma during or after their tenure of working for few years. The prolong exposure to dust cause a kind of...more
Prior to its dangers being widely known, asbestos was a much used product in the twentieth century's ship building industry. Because it resists heat and corrosion it seems like an ideal substance to be used to prevent many possible dangers that could arise on a ship.Until the 1970s more than 300 different materials that contained asbestos were...more
One interesting study is called, Generation of hydroxyl radical by crocidolite asbestos is proportional to surface by Andrew J. Ghio, Jing Zhang and Claude A. Piantadosi Division of Allergy, Critical Care, and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Box 3177, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, U.S.A. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics - Volume 298, Issue 2, 1 November 1992, Pages 646-650. Here is an excerpt: Abstract - Differences among fibrous silicates to effect injury in biological systems have been postulated to reflect oxidant generation by structural iron within the crystal lattice of amphiboles. Iron is also coordinated to the surface of all silicates in concentrations which depend on the density of acidic functional groups. We tested the hypothesis that oxidant generation by crocidolite is proportional to surface-complexed iron rather than variance in the lattice concentrations of this transition metal. Surface iron was quantified after its reduction to Fe2+ and chelation by citrate. Thiobarbituric acid (TBA) reactive products and dihydroxybenzoic acid products of salicylate were employed as indices of nonspecific oxidant and hydroxyl...more
One interesting study is called, Insulation workers in Belfast. A further study of mortality due to asbestos exposure (1940-75). - Br J Ind Med 1977;34:174-180 by P C Elmes, M J Simpson. Here is an excerpt: Abstract - A follow-up study of 162 men...more
One interesting study is called, Mobilization of iron from crocidolite asbestos by certain chelators results in enhanced crocidolite-dependent oxygen consumption - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics Volume 287, Issue 1, 15 May 1991, Pages 91-96 ...more
One interesting study is called, Specificity of asbestos-induced chromosomal aberrations in short-term cultured human mesothelial cells - Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics Volume 41, Issue 1, August 1989, Pages 33-39 by Kenth Olofssona and Joachim...more
One interesting study is called, Characterization of Platelet-derived Growth Factor and Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor Expression in Asbestos-induced Rat Mesothelioma - Cancer Res January 15, 1992 52; 301 by Cheryl Walker, Edilberto...more
One interesting study is called, Physiological changes in asbestos pleural disease by Lumley KP - Inhaled Part. 1975 Sep;4 Pt 2:781-8. Here is an excerpt: Abstract - This paper reports the findings of a study of lung function at rest and during...more
One interesting study is called, Radiological abnormalities and asbestos exposure among custodians of the New York City Board of Education by Levin, S.M. ; Selikoff, I.J. - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; (United States); Journal Volume:...more