Chrysotile asbestos is the only kind of asbestos still used in the U.S. and is linked to nearly 40,000 deaths every year. It has also been known to cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, and ovarian ...

ASBESTOS is the generic name for those silicate minerals which cleave naturally into fibres, the three important species being chrysotile (white asbestos), crocidolite (blue asbestos) and amosite.

Notes the advocacy group report, "The World Health Organisation, International Labour Organization, scientific bodies in the ...

Within the serpentine subgroup we find chrysotile, which is commonly known as “white asbestos”. A characteristic of the serpentine asbestos is that it has a more curled shape to the fibers ...

The government said many parts of the NHS estate date from an era when asbestos was widely used but it is considered safe if left undisturbed. The Health and Safety Executive says white asbestos ...

Asbestos, a notorious carcinogen, was in widespread use throughout the 20th century—from building materials to brake pads and even fake snow on film sets including The Wizard of Oz and White ...