Distribution of Asbestos Enterprises and Asbestosis Cases

Asbestosis cases reported in Tianjin, Beijing, Shandong, Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, and Sichuan accounted for a large proportion of the total cases in China, which was …

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What is Asbestos? Where Can I Find Asbestos? How Can People Be Exposed to Asbestos? Health Effects From Exposure to Asbestos; Asbestos Laws and Regulations

HEALTH EFFECTS

Distribution of asbestos fibers within the lung has been investigated in a number of studies. Most fibers deposited in the airways are removed from the lung by mucociliary transport or by …

Asbestos

Asbestos is a group of mineral fibres with widespread current and historical commercial uses, but which can cause deaths and serious ill-health in workers and other …

Global, regional, and national burden of asbestosis from 1990 to …

According to the latest WHO data, an estimated 125 million people were exposed to asbestos in the workplace in 2018 worldwide, and exposure to asbestos at home was …

Distribution of Asbestos Enterprises and Asbestosis Cases — …

Asbestosis cases and asbestos products were analyzed and characterized by years, enterprise, and regional distribution. There were a total of 1,611 asbestos-related enterprises (AREs) with …

Asbestos

Asbestos is a group of mineral fibres with widespread current and historical commercial uses, but which can cause deaths and serious ill-health in workers and other people who are exposed to these fibres (more than 200 …

Exposure and Disposition

Briefly this section reviews the uses of asbestos, how people may be exposed to it, the magnitude of exposure, and how it is measured.

EPA Actions to Protect the Public from Exposure to Asbestos

In March 2024, EPA finalized the risk management rule for chrysotile asbestos. The rule prohibits ongoing uses of the only known form of asbestos currently imported, …

International comparison of the distribution of asbestos

Today, there are now 57 countries that ban the import, use and handling of asbestos. In these countries, the asbestos problem lies primarily in disposal. Asbestos is now …

Asbestos in Water and Asbestos Cement Water Pipes

It has been estimated that up to 18% of the water distribution pipes in the United States and Canada are asbestos cement. The pipes can contain up to 20% asbestos. The life …

EPA Actions to Protect the Public from Exposure to Asbestos