Blue asbestos is far less common in buildings, which is just as well because it's more dangerous than white asbestos.
蓝色的石棉在建筑中要少见得多，幸好是这样，因为它比白色石棉更危险。
He achieved some modest victories, pressuring the city to open a jobs center in the neighborhood, demanding action to remove asbestos from a housing estate.
他取得了一些温和的胜利，向市政府施压，要求在附近开设一个就业中心，并要求采取行动，从一个住宅区清除石棉。
为何石棉成为问题？
氡和石棉。
何谓石棉？
Workers exposed to asbestos can develop cancer.
长期接触石棉的工人可能罹患癌症。
"Only problem is the siding is asbestos," she says.
“唯一的毛病是外墙是石棉的。”她说。
Disturbing asbestos can release microscopic fibers to the air.
受到破坏的石棉可能会向空气中释放微细纤维。
One in three deaths from occupational cancer is caused by asbestos.
每三名职业性癌症死亡病例中，就有一例是由石棉引起的。
He now has lymphatic tumours in his chest, as well as asbestos poisoning.
现在，他的胸腔不但长有多块淋巴肿瘤，还出现石棉中毒症状。
About 125 million people in the world are exposed to asbestos at the workplace.
世界上约有1.25亿人在工作场所接触石棉。
They all inhaled fine asbestos particles from the elder Pevekar's clothes, he recalls.
他回忆，他们都吸入了老佩卡尔衣服上的石棉微粒。
One in every three deaths from occupational cancer is estimated to be caused by asbestos.
每3名患有职业性癌症的死者中，估计有一人由石棉引起。
Currently, about 125 million people in the world are exposed to asbestos at the workplace.
目前，世界上约有1.25亿人在工作场所接触到石棉。
The principal forms of asbestos are chrysotile (white asbestos) and crocidolite (blue asbestos).
石棉的主要形式是温石棉（白石棉）及青石棉（蓝石棉）。
Malignant mesothelioma is a life-threatening type of cancer commonly caused by exposure to asbestos.
恶性间皮瘤是一种致命的癌症，它通常是由于长期接触石棉而造成的。
In addition, it is estimated that several thousand deaths annually can be attributed to exposure to asbestos in the home.
此外，据估计，每年几千人的死亡可归咎于在家接触石棉。
Pic.1 Damage: The World Health Organisation has classified that sunbeds are as carcinogenic as smoking, asbestos and arsenic.
对人体的伤害：世界卫生组织已经将太阳床的致癌性列入和吸烟、石棉、砷的同样等级。
However, the particles can penetrate the lungs more deeply than asbestos and appear to cause often-fatal damage more rapidly in test animals.
然而，碳纳米管的粒子能比石棉更深入地渗透肺部，并且会更加迅速地在实验动物身上引起足以致命的伤害。
Asbestos exposure is also responsible for other diseases, such as asbestosis (fibrosis of the lungs), pleural plaques, thickening and effusions.
接触石棉也能引起其他疾病，如石棉肺(肺纤维化)、胸膜斑、胸膜增厚和胸腔积液。
When asked whether asbestos should be banned, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh says, "I will have to study the impact. I haven't been able to put my mind to it yet."
被问及是否应禁用石棉时，环境部长杰拉姆·拉梅什说：“我需要了解其影响，目前还无法得出结论。”
According to WHO estimates, more than 107 000 people die each year from asbestos-related lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis resulting from occupational exposure.
据世卫组织估计，每年有超过10.7万人因职业暴露而死于与石棉相关的肺癌、间皮瘤和石棉肺。
According to WHO estimates, more than 107 000 people die each year from asbestos-related lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis resulting from occupational exposures.
据世卫组织估计，超过10.7万人死于职业暴露导致的石棉相关肺癌、间质瘤以及石棉肺。
As a mediator, he brokered settlements in long-running product liability suits brought by those who said they were victimized by Agent Orange, asbestos and the Dalkon Shield.
作为仲裁人，他调停解决了一些人诉讼了很久的产品责任问题，他们声称自己是橙剂、石棉和达尔克盾的受害者。
But the Department of Health failed to act even after the World Health Organisation in the summer reclassified sunbeds as being as carcinogenic as cigarettes, arsenic and asbestos.
然而，即使在世界卫生组织去年夏天将太阳床重新归为香烟、砷和石棉一类致癌物后，英国卫生部也未能随之推行禁令。
by improving early diagnosis, treatment, social and medical rehabilitation of asbestos-related diseases and to establish registries of people with past and/or current exposures to asbestos.
改进对石棉相关疾病的早期诊断、治疗、社会和医疗康复，并建立既往和/或接触石棉人员的登记册。
But about half of cases of never-smokers with lung cancer cannot be explained by known risk factors, which also include asbestos, indoor wood-burning stoves, and aerosolized oils caused by cooking.
但是，大约有一半不吸烟者肺癌病例无法用已知的危险因素进行解释。已知危险因素还包括：石棉、烧薪材的室内火炉和油烟。
Asbestos, used as a flame retardant, can cause cancer.
石棉用于阻燃剂，可能导致癌症。
Asbestos, used as a flame retardant, can cause cancer.
石棉用于阻燃剂，可能导致癌症。
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