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Asbestos Exposure In The Research Laboratory, Ediberto D. Garcia
Asbestos Exposure In The Research Laboratory, Ediberto D. Garcia
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Introduction: Asbestos has been employed in a myriad of industrial applications for more than a century. Of the 181 Mt of asbestos produced worldwide, over 31 Mt was consumed in the U.S. The production and consumption of this mineral eventually was found to cause asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. While the brunt of the human exposure to asbestos occurred in insulation work, many more workers in other jobs were expose to asbestos fibers. Very little is known about the potential exposure to asbestos in research labs.
Goal: In order to investigate potential research lab work exposures, we simulated lab work …