Airborne Crocidolite Asbestos Fibers in Indoor and Outdoor Air in a Rural Area, China

Wei, Binggan; Yang, Linsheng; Zhang, Xiuwu; Zhang, Biao; Yu, Jiangping; Jia, Xiaofang

doi:10.4209/aaqr.2011.08.0121

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“…20 In the present study area, concentrations of crocidlite asbestos fibers in indoor and outdoor air were measured and are elevated, as reported by us. 31 Therefore, the health of the residents from Area I in this study may be also significantly affected by natural occurring crocidolite asbestos. These findings were consistent with previous studies.…”

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Impacts of land use on spatial distribution of mortality rates of cancers caused by naturally occurring asbestos

Wei

Jia

et al. 2012

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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This study investigated the spatial distributions of mortality rates of six cancers: mesothelioma, lung cancer, intestinal cancer, nasopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer, liver cancer, and stomach cancer in Dayao using Geographic Information Systems. Relationships between the mortality rates of the six cancers and land use patterns were investigated by Pearson Correlation Coefficients. The results indicated that the mortality rates of nasopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer, lung cancer, intestinal cancer, and mesothelioma were significantly associated with outcropped asbestos. Both the proportions of farmland and urban area were positively related to the mortality rates of nasopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer, lung cancer, intestinal cancer, and mesothelioma, and significant negative correlations were found between the proportion of forestland and nasopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer and intestinal cancer. It can be concluded that naturally occurring asbestos may significantly elevate the mortality rates of nasopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer, intestinal cancer, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. Moreover, higher proportions of farmland, urban area, and lower proportions of forested land may elevate the mortality rate of the four cancers.

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Impacts of land use on spatial distribution of mortality rates of cancers caused by naturally occurring asbestos

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Jia

et al. 2012

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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“…This is because the risks for all the age groups were all above the limit set by the EPA National Contingency Plan standard. Furthermore, according to Wei et al (2012), the prevalence and mortality rates associated with mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer can be raised due to environmental exposure to low concentration of asbestos.…”

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Screening for asbestos fibre exposure in ambient air in Penge, Limpopo

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Moja

Kwata

et al. 2021

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Penge is an asbestos-contaminated area with a high incidence of asbestos-related diseases amongst its residents due to exposure to airborne asbestos fibres. The following paper presents an assessment of asbestos fibre exposure in the ambient air of the area. The objective of the study was to quantify the level of airborne asbestos fibre concentration in an endeavour to understand the health risk to which residents are exposed. The study was carried out based on air analyses data of the area acquired from the Council for Geoscience as well as health risk assessment techniques guided by the Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (EPA, 1989). It was found that the average asbestos fibre concentration in the ambient air of the study area was 0.047 f/mL which is lower than the 0.2 f/mL limit stipulated by the South African government. However, the asbestos fibre concentration in ambient air of the study area is much higher than the 0.0005 f/mL limit stipulated by the World Health Organization. The average cancer risk for all age groups in the study area was 2.08 × 10 −3 . When compared with the Environmental Protection Agency National Contingency Plan standard which accepts the risks within the range between 10 −4 (0.0001) and 10 −6 (0.000001), it was found that the results obtained in the study area generally exceed the standard. It is recommended that all of the sources of asbestos in the area be rehabilitated.

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“…Abundant trace metals are also found in asbestos and drinking water. Moreover, the asbestos contain abundant metals [31,32]. Pleural plaque is caused by exposure to asbestos.…”

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Multivariate Analysis of Trace Elements Distribution in Hair of Pleural Plaques Patients and Health Group in a Rural Area from China

Wei¹,

Yang²,

Ouyang³

et al. 2014

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Airborne Crocidolite Asbestos Fibers in Indoor and Outdoor Air in a Rural Area, China

Cited by 12 publications

References 35 publications

Impacts of land use on spatial distribution of mortality rates of cancers caused by naturally occurring asbestos

Impacts of land use on spatial distribution of mortality rates of cancers caused by naturally occurring asbestos

Screening for asbestos fibre exposure in ambient air in Penge, Limpopo

Multivariate Analysis of Trace Elements Distribution in Hair of Pleural Plaques Patients and Health Group in a Rural Area from China

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