Under magnification at 650X, the picture below reveals the presence of white asbestos (raw chrysotile) excavated from the Lowell Asbestos Mine on Belvidere Mountain in Vermont. It is obvious that the fibrils are arranged in both clusters and individually, these details characteristic to raw asbestos. According to the CDC, workers can develop cancer of the lung tissue and/or mesothelioma. Both of these diseases develop over long periods of asbestos exposure and almost always result in immediate death. Although difficult to prove, it is possible to contract cancers of other internal physiological systems just from breathing asbestos contaminated air. An increasing possibility of public health consequences is of recent debate, but difficult to quantify. Studies show that earlier identification of the Mesothelioma virus can improve chances of survival.
-report by CDC?John Wheeler, PhD
-photo credit- Janice Haney Carr
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