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- Mediterranean regions like Greece and Turkey have seen high rates of malignant mesothelioma due to domestic exposure to tremolite asbestos and fibrous erionite.
- This exposure often occurs in areas where these materials are naturally found and used for everyday tasks, like whitewashing.
- While such cases provide insight into the risks of even low levels of asbestos fibers in the air, they are not suitable for understanding the impact of small asbestos amounts in urban environments due to different fiber types and exposure methods.
Article Abstract
Mediterranean regions such as Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Corsica and New Caledonia have experienced epidemics of malignant mesothelioma as a result of non-occupational, "domestic" exposure to tremolite asbestos and fibrous erionite. This exposure to tremolite asbestos and fibrous erionite is typified "domestic" due to its prevalence in regions with natural deposits of tremolite asbestos (or fibrous erionite) where the material from tremolite asbestos or fibrous erionite is used for domestic applications such as whitewashing. However, these exposures may be useful in examining the potential consequences of even small amounts of amphibole asbestos fibers in the ambient air. It can also elucidate the effects of fibers that behave like amphibole asbestos. However, this type of exposure is not useful for studying the potential effects of small amounts of asbestos in the ambient air of big cities due to the differing nature of the fiber types and modes of exposure between the regions.
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