Journal Top Ten -- COLUMNS-Asbestos -- April 2007

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TITLE: "Assessment of Asbestos in Drinking Water in Alexandria, Egypt"

AUTHORS: Hosny G, Akel M.

JOURNAL: The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association. 2006;81(3-4):181-98.

SUMMARY: Over the past several years, the presence of fibrous asbestos particulates has been observed in a number of municipal water supplies throughout the USA, Canada, and several other regions all over the world. The possible health hazards which these fibers present have spurred a great deal of interest in the problems of detection and removal of the submicroscopic particulates in water. Asbestos is a group of fibrous metamorphic silicate minerals …