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2022 From Russian Academic: Give Asbestos Another Chance

While researching some of the asbestos science aspects this past week, I ran across an asbestos use and safety analysis by Russian pathologist and author Sergei V. Jargin who has a biography at https://novapublishers.com/writer/sergei-v-jargin/. Although much of his scholarly discourses involve the overestimation of medical consequences of low-dose exposure to ionizing radiation (think: Chernobyl Nuclear…
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Worldwide Asbestos Supply and Consumption: 1900 through 2003

Admittedly, this resource is more for us academics than either Meso Warriors or those in the front line treatments, research, prevention, or fighting the other battles. However, this reference contains a wealth of historical information not readily available from anywhere else. I am speaking, of course, about the U.S. Geological Survey’s Circular 1298 which was…
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ASBESTOS EXPORTS FROM RUSSIA: TIME FOR A WORLD WIDE BAN

I am all for the sanctions against Russia, especially those which involve most the world. Next time, let’s both limit their exports and do the world a favor. Ban their asbestos exports to every country; at least, put on an all out press to do so. That would stop 700,000 tons of the yearly 1.2…
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