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Science 17 June 1977:
Vol. 196. no. 4296, pp. 1319 - 1322
DOI: 10.1126/science.867030
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Science, Vol 196, Issue 4296, 1319-1322
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Environmental asbestos pollution related to use of quarried serpentine rock

AN Rohl, AM Langer, and IJ Selikoff

Crushed serpentinite quarried in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been extensively used for paving roads and other surfaces. The mineral assemblage includes antigorite or lizardite as well as chrysotile and tremolite. Air samples taken in the vicinity of serpentine-paved roads show that chrysotile concentrations are about 10(3) times greater than those typically found in urban ambient air in the United States.


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