Workers Exposed To Libby Vermiculite Ore Have High Rate Of Chest Wall Abnormalities
Digg3.com – More than one-quarter of tested workers at an Ohio manufacturing plant historically exposed to asbestos-containing vermiculite ore exhibited signs of scarring of the chest wall lining, or pleural plaques, which are usually considered markers of previous exposure to asbestos fibers, according to research from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Read more.. A major study in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes — a poster child for the “nanotec
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