Pleural mesothelioma cases in Biancavilla are related to a new fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole. From: Archives of Environmental Health | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Comba, Pietro; Gianfagna, Antonio; Paoletti, Luigi | COPYRIGHT 2003 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A cluster of deaths from pleural mesothelioma was previously reported fur Biancavilla, Italy, a city in eastern Sicily. An environmental survey suggested that the stone quarries located southeast of the city might be a source of asbestos exposure. The materials extracted from the quarries, used widely in the local building industry, contain large quantities of a fibrous amphibole that was initially referred to as an anomalous intermediate phase of sodium- and fluorine-rich tremolite-actinol...

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