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How conflicted authors undermine the World Health Organization (WHO) campaign to
stop all use of asbestos: spotlight on studies showing that chrysotile is
carcinogenic and facilitates other non-cancer asbestos-related diseases
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Baur X
; Soskolne CL
; Lemen RA
; Schneider J
; Woitowitz HJ
; Budnik LT
Int J Occup Environ Health
2015[]; 21
(2
): 176-9
PMID25729927
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The silicate mineral asbestos is categorized into two main groups based on fiber
structure: serpentine asbestos (chrysotile) and amphibole asbestos (crocidolite,
amosite, anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite). Chrysotile is used in more
than 2 000 applications and is especially prevalent in the construction industry.
Although its use is banned or restricted in more than 52 countries, an estimated
107 000 workers die from asbestos exposure each year, and approximately 125
million workers continue to be exposed. Furthermore, ambient exposures persist to
which the public is exposed, globally. Today, the primary controversies regarding
the use of asbestos are the potencies of different types of asbestos, as opposed
whether or not asbestos causes morbidity and mortality. The asbestos industry has
promoted and funded research based on selected literature, ignoring both clinical
and scientific knowledge. In this piece, we highlight a prominent example of a
conflicted publication that sought to undermine the World Health Organization
(WHO) campaign to stop the use of all forms of asbestos, including chrysotile
asbestos. Independent and rigorous scientific data provide sufficient evidence
that chrysotile asbestos, like other forms of asbestos, is a cause of
asbestos-related morbidity and premature mortality.
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