Asbestos exposure has been deadly to many people in the past decades. There is a mountain of important literature and research done on this area. One interesting study is called, "Mortality from lung cancer and population risk attributable to asbestos in an asbestos cement manufacturing town in Italy." By C Magnani, M Leporati - Occup Environ Med 1998;55:111-114. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - OBJECTIVE: To estimate mortality...more
Who can argue with the facts, exposure to hazardous asbestos can be fatal. Serious doctors have reached a consensus thanks in large part to the myriad of studies researching Mesothelioma and its causes. One interesting study is called, "Ecological Relationship between Mesothelioma Incidence/Mortality and Asbestos Consumption in Ten Western Countries and Japan" by Ken TAKAHASHI, et al. Institute of Industrial Ecological...more
Disease development among people exposed to hazardous asbestos has been carefully studied over the years. One interesting study is called, "Squamous metaplasia of the respiratory tract. Possible pathogenic role in asbestos-associated bronchogenic carcinoma." By Woodworth CD, Mossman BT, Craighead JE - Lab Invest. 1983 May;48(5):578-84. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - Asbestos workers who smoke have a substantially greater risk of developing bronchogenic carcinoma than nonsmokers. Squamous metaplasia often replaces the mucociliary epithelium in the respiratory tract of chronic users of cigarettes. As a result, clearance mechanisms are altered. Using both scanning and transmission electron microscopy, we examined the interaction of chrysotile and crocidolite asbestos with the metaplastic mucosa found in the bronchi of cigarette smokers and produced in cultures of hamster trachea by enriched, serum-free medium. After deposition on the squamous epithelium, both "long" and "short" fibers were either phagocytosed by, or moved between, the cells of the mucosa. The interaction of asbestos with the mucociliary epithelium differed. Most long fibers were cleared, whereas...more
A better understanding of asbestos disease such as Mesothelioma is required if we are ever going to make progress in the search for a cure. One interesting study is called, "Asbestos fibers and pleural plaques in a general autopsy population." By A. Churg - Am J Pathol. 1982 October; 109(1): 88–96. Here is an excerpt:...more
Asbestos seems to have high potency in the carcinogenesis of lung cancer and low potency in carcinogenesis of Mesothelioma. One interesting study is called, "Asbestos and cigarette smoke cause increased DNA strand breaks and necrosis in bronchiolar epithelial cells in vivo" by Michael Jung, Wendell P. Davis, Douglas J. Taatjes,...more
Asbestos workers have been plagued with mesothelioma and other diseases for some time now, and continued vigilance is required if we are ever to solve this problem. One interesting study is called, "'B-Readers' and Asbestos Medical Surveillance" by Ducatman, Alan M. MS, MD; Yang, CDR William N. MD, MPH; Forman, Samuel A. MD, MPH - Journal of Occupational Medicine: August 1988 - Volume 30 - Issue 8. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - B-readers" certified in International Labor Office methodology interpret large numbers of randomly distributed asbestos medical surveillance roentgenograms of US Navy employees. Analysis of 23 participating observers, interpreting more than 105,000 radiographs, demonstrated a 300-fold prevalence range of perceived "definite" pulmonary parenchymal abnormalities. There was an evident geographic component to interpretation habits, with East and West Coast observers more likely to interpret films as abnormal than observers from the midcontinent. The most expert observers, a group who instruct the course leading to National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health certification in International Labor Office methodology, also...more
Mesothelioma has taken the lives of thousands, and continued research is the only hope of finding a cure. One interesting study is called, "Variation of properties of chrysotile asbestos subjected to milling" by A. M. Langera; M. S....more
Asbestos is deadly when it is broken into small pieces and inhaled. One interesting study is called, "Asbestos and lung cancer in Glasgow and the west of Scotland." By H De Vos Irvine, D W Lamont, D J Hole, C R Gillis - BMJ 1993; 306...more
A better understanding of asbestos related diseases is necessary if we are ever to find a cure to Mesothelioma. One interesting study is called, "Immunohistochemical localization of transforming growth factor beta isoforms in...more
Careful analysis of lung and mesothelial tissues must be done to determine the types of asbestos fibers associated with the mesothelioma One interesting study is called, "Asbestos Fibers Contributing to the Induction of Human Malignant...more
We must focus our energy on finding a cure to Mesothelioma. It is a terrible disease and takes the lives of thousands every year. One interesting study is called, "DNA single strand breaks induced by asbestos fibers in human pleural...more
Exposure to asbestos in the workplace is the most common cause of Mesothelioma disease. Continued research is necessary if we are ever to find a cure. One interesting study is called, "Exposure to Asbestos and Human Disease." By...more