Anthophyllite is an amphibole form of asbestos historically used in only a limited number of
products. No published resource currently exists that offers a complete overview of …

Amphiboles are hydrated mineral silicates five of which occur in asbestiform habits as
asbestos grunerite (amosite) asbestos, riebeckite (crocidolite) asbestos, anthophyllite …

In this chapter, we turn our attention to an issue that is often not based on rational science,
but about fear—the issue of asbestos. As the geological community is well aware, all …

The amphibole asbestos, anthophyllite, is associated with asbestos-related disease in
humans, along with mesothelioma in animal models. In humans, however, there are only …

In the Italian western Alps, asbestos mineralization (both chrysotile and tremolite amphibole)
takes place from serpentinites, together with other less common asbestiform minerals not …

The distinction between amphibole asbestos fibers and non-asbestos amphibole particles
has important implications for assessing potential cancer risks associated with exposure to …

The risk to human health associated with the inhalation of amphibole asbestos has become
devastatingly ap-parent this century. The most commonly utilised asbestiform amphiboles …

Background Anthophyllite asbestos has been reported to cause asbestosis, lung cancer,
mesothelioma, and pleural plaques in occupationally exposed workers. Anthophyllite has …

A cohort of 736 male and 167 female workers of two anthophyllite mines in Finland was
followed up through the Finnish Cancer Registry for cancer in 1953-91. Compared with the …

The papers in this issue and the others in this series are rather specific since they
concentrate on studies of a naturally pure form of asbestos from Coalinga in California …