Amphiboles including amosite ( brown asbestos ) and crocidolite ( blue asbestos ) were formerly used in many products until the early 1980s.
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In April 2008, the " Freewinds " was sealed, and work stopped on refurbishments, due to " extensive contamination " with blue asbestos.
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Long thin asbestos fibers ( blue asbestos, amphibole fibers ) are more potent carcinogens than " feathery fibers " ( chrysotile or white asbestos fibers ).
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The first two are blue fibrous minerals, with glaucophane occurring in blueschists and crocidolite ( blue asbestos ) in ironstone formations, both resulting from dynamo-metamorphic processes.
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This saw the mine investing lots of money in marketing its type of asbestos white asbestos which is said to be kinder than the blue asbestos.
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After withdrawal, it was discovered that the power cars contained blue asbestos, so they were sent to Crosshill quarry, Crumlin, along with other NIR stock and even some CI?stock for disposal.
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In 1974 the first public warnings of the dangers of blue asbestos were published in a cover story called " Is this Killer in Your Home ? " in Australia's " Bulletin " magazine.
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It is predicted that by 2020, almost a third of the people who passed through Wittenoom during the mines'operating years would be diagnosed with a fatal disease caused by their dangerous exposures to blue asbestos.
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Acre Mill was an asbestos factory in the hilltop settlement of blue asbestos during the Second World War, and diversified into the production of other asbestos products, including rope, pipe lagging and textile, after the war.
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Only five years later, they were dismayed to be told after all this hard work had been done that below the top soil, underneath the track bed lies " The Works " dumping ground of blue asbestos boiler lagging.
