In this review the main standard and novel analytical techniques and methods for sampling,
sample preparation, detection and quantification of asbestos in soil and water are described …

Both occupational and environmental exposure to asbestos-mineral fibres can be
associated with lung diseases. The pathogenic effects are related to the dimension …

Raman spectroscopy of clay minerals has received less attention than infrared (IR)
spectroscopy in the past, generally due to the weakness of the Raman scattered signal …

Since the end of the 20th century, exactly from 1997, the production and use of asbestos
have been banned in Poland. In 2002, the Council of Ministers adopted a national program …

This paper reports a systematic and comparative study of the thermal behaviour of fibres of
social, health, economic and industrial relevance using thermogravimetric and differential …

This chapter describes the crystal habit of mineral fibres. This topic is so complex and
multifaceted that it deserves a detailed and systematic description in order to guide the …

This chapter deals with the crystal structure of regulated and unregulated mineral fibres. The
aim is to provide readers, both specialists and researchers broadly interested in …

A total of 141 samples mostly located in the Coastal Chain and the Sila Massif of Northern
Calabria have been collected from 125 different springs and analyzed chemically and for the …

The major aim of our research is to assess the occurrence, within the serpentinites and
serpentinite-derived soils located in the area of Sila Piccola (northern Calabria), of …

The study, which represents an innovative scientific strategy to approach the study of natural
radioactivity in terms of spatial and temporal variability, was aimed to characterize the …