A broad spectrum of earth materials have been linked to, blamed for, and/or debated as
sources for disease. In some cases, the links are clear. For example, excessive exposures to …

Although asbestos research has been ongoing for decades, this increased knowledge has
not led to consensus in many areas of the field. Two such areas of controversy include the …

The potential environmental hazards and associated public health issues related to
exposure to respirable dusts from the vicinity of natural in-place asbestos deposits …

In this chapter, we turn our attention to an issue that is often not based on rational science,
but about fear—the issue of asbestos. As the geological community is well aware, all …

Despite predictions of decline in mesothelioma following the ban of asbestos in most
industrial countries, the incidence is still increasing globally, particularly in women. Because …

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral in the Earth's crust, and it is not confined to the
historic and current asbestos mining areas, but rather quite commonly encountered in …

Recently, naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) has drawn the attention of numerous health
and regulatory agencies and citizen groups. NOA can be released airborne by (1) the …

Erionite, a mineral series within the zeolite group, is classified as a Group 1 known
respiratory carcinogen. This designation resulted from extremely high incidences of …

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has decades of experience in devising and testing
methods for objectively assessing energy and mineral resources. Geologic storage is one …

Potential asbestos-bearing rocks account for about 0.2% of the land area of eastern
Australia. The main mode of occurrence is as narrow cross fibre and slip fibre veins of …