Chrysotile asbestos is the only kind of asbestos still used in the U.S. and is linked to nearly 40,000 deaths every year. It has also been known to cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, and ovarian ...

What I have here looks just like a generic rock, but it's actually pretty dangerous. All of the white stuff is actually ...

Within the serpentine subgroup we find chrysotile, which is commonly known as “white asbestos”. A characteristic of the serpentine asbestos is that it has a more curled shape to the fibers ...

Half of them are probably dead now.' Terry Cowell, a former heating engineer, 77, shudders at the memory of his younger self, ripping off white asbestos ropes and pale brown lagging to get to the ...

The government said many parts of the NHS estate date from an era when asbestos was widely used but it is considered safe if left undisturbed. The Health and Safety Executive says white asbestos ...

ASBESTOS is the generic name for those silicate minerals which cleave naturally into fibres, the three important species being chrysotile (white asbestos), crocidolite (blue asbestos) and amosite.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA GOVERNMENT Signs around Wittenoom warn of the area's contamination Mr White told the BBC that he had researched the town's asbestos dangers prior to his visit, and that he had ...