vermiculite

01/01/2019 - "Cancer incidence and mortality associated with non-occupational and low dose exposure to Libby vermiculite in Minnesota."
10/01/2017 - "Expert opinion on this case has raised the hypothesis of the use of this kind of vermiculite during this period and the occupational etiology of this cancer. "
06/01/2008 - "Standardized mortality ratios were calculated using state death certificates, and standardized incidence ratios were calculated using cancer registry records for populations living near facilities that processed or received Libby vermiculite. "
01/01/2021 - "Capturing functional two-dimensional nanosheets from sandwich-structure vermiculite for cancer theranostics."
06/01/2008 - "Further investigation should be conducted at these sites with excess rates of mesothelioma and cancer of the peritoneum, retroperitoneum, and pleura by participating state health departments to determine whether exposure to Libby vermiculite might have been a contributing factor."

01/01/1989 - "A risk of mesothelioma caused by the fiber content of the vermiculite cannot be excluded by this study."
08/01/2010 - "We reanalyzed the Libby vermiculite miners' cohort assembled by Sullivan to estimate potency factors for lung cancer, mesothelioma, nonmalignant respiratory disease (NMRD), and all-cause mortality associated with exposure to Libby fibers. "
06/01/2008 - "Further investigation should be conducted at these sites with excess rates of mesothelioma and cancer of the peritoneum, retroperitoneum, and pleura by participating state health departments to determine whether exposure to Libby vermiculite might have been a contributing factor."
11/01/2012 - "Workers expanding and processing Libby vermiculite in a manufacturing setting demonstrated an increased risk for the development of mesothelioma following exposure to the amphibole fiber contained within this vermiculite ore source."
11/01/2012 - "Mesothelioma associated with commercial use of vermiculite containing Libby amphibole."

01/01/2020 - "Lung cancer was moderately associated with vermiculite miner/miller employment. "
10/01/2017 - "It seems important to point out the possibility of vermiculite-related lung cancers in unusual occupations in order to better document such cases in the future."
10/01/2017 - "Lung Cancer in an Orthoprosthetist Using Vermiculite."
08/01/2010 - "We reanalyzed the Libby vermiculite miners' cohort assembled by Sullivan to estimate potency factors for lung cancer, mesothelioma, nonmalignant respiratory disease (NMRD), and all-cause mortality associated with exposure to Libby fibers. "
08/01/1991 - "The procedure was applied to data from a cohort of 406 vermiculite miners to examine the lung cancer risk associated with exposure to fibrous tremolite, which contaminated the vermiculite. "

04/01/2007 - "Pleuroparenchymal lung disease secondary to nonoccupational exposure to vermiculite."
01/01/2018 - "Libby Amphibole Disease: Pulmonary Function and CT Abnormalities in Vermiculite Miners."
01/08/2014 - "An abnormally high incidence of lung disease has been observed in the residents of Libby, Montana, which has been attributed to occupational and environmental exposure to fibrous amphiboles originating from a nearby contaminated vermiculite mine. "
08/01/2011 - "In 2000, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR; Atlanta, GA, USA) investigated lung disease in those exposed to the tremolite-contaminated vermiculite mine in Libby, MT, USA. "
12/01/2010 - "Abnormally high incidences of asbestos-related pulmonary disease have been reported in residents of Libby, Montana, because of occupational and environmental exposure to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite. "

08/01/2003 - "This case represents the first report of an end-product vermiculite-user with probable asbestosis, and together with recent similar findings in a vermiculite expansion plant worker, requires further epidemiologic investigations."
04/15/2002 - "Fatal asbestosis 50 years after brief high intensity exposure in a vermiculite expansion plant."
01/01/2011 - "Increased incidences of asbestosis have been reported in workers from Libby, MT, associated with exposures to amphibole-contaminated vermiculite. "
06/01/2008 - "In response to the significantly elevated asbestosis mortality rates found in Libby, Montana, in 2000, this analysis evaluated whether other communities throughout the United States that received asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore from Libby experienced similar excess rates of asbestos-related diseases. "
01/01/2012 - "In former mine workers and residents of Libby, Montana, exposure to amphibole-contaminated vermiculite has been associated with increased incidences of asbestosis and mesothelioma. "