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ArticleHeliyon2024

Evaluation of asbestos dispersion during laser ablation of rocks containing Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA).

Andrea Bloise, Francesco Parisi, Mauro Francesco La Russa, Carmine Apollaro, Nicolas Godbert, Iolinda Aiello, Eugenia Giorno, Alessandro Croce, Laura Cagna, Ana Jesús López and 2 more

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Andrea BloiseDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy.
Francesco ParisiDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy.
Mauro Francesco La RussaDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy.
Carmine ApollaroDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy.
Nicolas GodbertMAT_InLAB (Laboratory of Inorganic Molecular Materials), Center of Excellence CEMIF.CAL, LASCAMM CR-INSTM of Calabria, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy.
Iolinda AielloMAT_InLAB (Laboratory of Inorganic Molecular Materials), Center of Excellence CEMIF.CAL, LASCAMM CR-INSTM of Calabria, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy.
Eugenia GiornoMAT_InLAB (Laboratory of Inorganic Molecular Materials), Center of Excellence CEMIF.CAL, LASCAMM CR-INSTM of Calabria, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy.
Alessandro CroceDepartment of Science and Technological Innovation, University of Eastern Piedmont, Viale Teresa Michel 11, 15121, Alessandria, Italy.
Laura CagnaDepartment of Science and Technological Innovation, University of Eastern Piedmont, Viale Teresa Michel 11, 15121, Alessandria, Italy.
Ana Jesús LópezFerrol Industrial Campus, University of A Coruña, 15471, Ferrol, Spain.
Alberto RamilFerrol Industrial Campus, University of A Coruña, 15471, Ferrol, Spain.
Dolores PereiraDepartment of Geology, University of Salamanca, 37008, Salamanca, Spain.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Health risks are often overlooked when the short-term consequences are not immediately apparent. During restoration work, cleaning actions can generate particles that pose health risks to workers through inhalation. This is particularly true in the case of asbestos fibres that might be spread out from the laser cleaning of buildings or heritage artifacts made of stone, such as serpentinite and other ultramafic rocks, that have a high probability of containing asbestos (e.g., chrysotile, tremolite asbestos, actinolite asbestos). To show workers the importance of wearing proper protection to prevent health injuries, several serpentinite samples, ascertained to contain asbestos minerals by specific investigations, have been laser ablated using ad hoc modified equipment in order to collocate a HEPA filter prone to collect all dust emitted during ablation. The powder deposited on the surface of these filters after laser ablation was analyzed, by Powder X -ray Diffraction (PXRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy combined with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (TEM/EDS), micro-Raman spectroscopy (μ-Raman) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR/ATR). The results confirmed the presence of asbestos fibres during the laser ablation of rocks containing Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA), emphasizing the importance of wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) during these procedures. Noteworthy, approximately 33 % of the analyzed fibres met the WHO criteria in size for respirable fibres. Furthermore, through our experiments, we also demonstrated that using tools that integrate filters into working tools would definitively further decrease the risk of fibres inhalation to workers.

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Actinolite asbestosAsbestosChrysotileHEPA filtersTremolite asbestos

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PMID39524809
PMCPMC11546477

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