Asbestos based materials: new lights for an old problem and worrisome problem

The confirmation of the carcinogenic potential of asbestos fibres show that all the asbestos based materials present some kind of risk to human health having being considered a hazardous waste according to the European Waste List. Asbestos fibres are present in insulation materials, partition walls,...

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Main Author: Pacheco-Torgal, F. (author)
Other Authors: Yining Ding (author), Jalali, Said (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/14652
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/14652