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Mesothelioma in Cyprus: the role of tremolite
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There is a chrysotile mine in the central mountains of Cyprus but no other appreciable source of industrial asbestos. Hence the island was thought to offer ideal conditions to seek pure chrysotile induced mesothelioma. The first reported case was a village woman whose lung tissue contained amphibole asbestos fibres, which were later identified as tremolite. This began a search for the origin of her exposure to asbestos. Our studies have shown that tremolite is widespread, being found, along with chrysotile, in domestic and environmental dust samples. Other cases of mesothelioma have been diagnosed, and the pattern of their distribution suggests that the mine is not the major source of disease. Exposure to tremolite is equally, if not more, important.
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Natural contamination of soil with tremolite fibres has been detected in Cyprus and Corsica, evidenced by asbestos-related diseases without industrial asbestos use.
“Natural contamination of the soil with tremolite fibres has also been detected in Cyprus 28 and Corsica, 6 as evidenced by occurrences of asbestos-related diseases without any asbestos use for industrial applications.”
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The Discussion reports naturally occurring tremolite in Cyprus, fibres in environmental samples, and mesothelioma cases among residents with only environmental exposure. But the paper also describes a chrysotile mine and says there was no *other* appreciable industrial asbestos source; it does not support the claim that Cyprus had no industrial asbestos use. Corsica is attached to a different citation in the citing sentence. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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Metadata
- Authors
- McConnochie, K., Simonato, L., Mavrides, P., Christofides, P., Pooley, F. D., & Wagner, J. C.
- Affiliations
- University Hospital Llandough (GB)
- Venue
- Thorax
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1987-05-01
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 342-347
- ISSN
- 0040-6376 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC460753
- OpenAlex
- W2141102288
- Semantic Scholar
- df39000abf223e031e536ee91a07ee361e952aa8
- Cited by
- 101
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 6.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Thorax (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Social Sciences › Health › Occupational Health and Global Justice
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Keywords
- mesothelioma, tremolite, chrysotile, asbestos exposure, environmental dust, Cyprus
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Cyprus, Dust, Female, Humans, Lung, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Mesothelioma, Middle Aged, Silicon Dioxide, Silicic Acid, Asbestos, Amphibole
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