… , and biological effects and pathogenicity of this mineral are not known, the … balangeroite
might be implicated in the development of asbestos-related adverse effects and in the possible …

… effects of balangeroite fibers. Taken as a whole, our data suggest that balangeroite exerts
… of a muldisciplinary project, entitled “Asbestos Hazard in the Western Alps.” Elena Gazzano, …

… Balangeroite, like crocidolite, produces nitrite accumulation, lipid peroxidation, and NO … to
the toxic potential of asbestos, suggest that balangeroite may be a potentially hazardous fiber …

… that balangeroite traces may contribute to the overall toxicity of … , less common, non-regulated
asbestiform minerals such as … natural asbestiform minerals present in the Western Alps, we …

… potential toxicity following weathering. The effect of weathering on three … minerals from the
Italian Western Alps, chrysotile, tremolite, and balangeroite—a Fe-rich asbestiform mineral—…

… toxicity level of asbestiform balangeroite and to describe parameters relevant for its toxic
potential … We will estimate potential input of balangeroite in the observed cases of mesothelioma …

… main factors that influence asbestos fibers toxicity are fiber dose, … In addition to the regulated
asbestos minerals, non-regulated … the Lanzo ultramafic Massif, Internal Western Alps (Italy): …

… mineral structure and affecting the surface chemistry and toxicity of fibrous (asbestiform)
antigorite. … community in investigating potentially hazardous non-asbestos fibrous minerals (eg, …

… Groppo C, Tomatis M, Turci F, Gazzano E, Ghigo D, Compagnoni R, Fubini B (2005) Potential
toxicity of nonregulated asbestiform minerals: balangeroite from the Western Alps. Part 1: …

… In this study, asbestos minerals coming from ophiolitic … determining the toxicity/pathogenicity
potential of asbestos and for … quantify the PTEs present in asbestos minerals in order to limit …