Asbestos

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002158",
  "term": "Asbestos",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A mineral fiber that can pollute air or water and cause cancer or asbestosis when inhaled. EPA has banned or severely restricted its use in manufacturing and construction.\n\n2. A mineral fiber that can pollute air or water and cause cancer or asbestosis when inhaled. EPA has banned or severely restricted the use of asbestos in manufacturing and construction.\n\n3. The asbestiform varieties of Chysotile (otherwise known as serpentine); crocidolite (otherwise known as riebeckite); amosite (otherwise known as cummingtonitegrunerite); anthophylite; tremolite; and actinolite.\n\n4. EPA's Substance Registry System defines asbestos as \"a grayish, noncombustible fibrous material. It consists primarily of impure magnesium silicate minerals.\" The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry further defines asbestos as \"a group of six different fibrous minerals (amosite, chrysotile, crocidolite, and the fibrous varieties of tremolite, actinolite, and anthophyllite) that occur naturally in the environment.\"\n\n5. A naturally-occurring mineral fiber that can cause cancer. See www.epa.gov/asbestos\n\n6. The asbestiform varieties of serpentinite (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonitegrunerite, anthophyllite, and actinolite-tremolite. (40 CFR 61.141)\n\n7. A group of naturally occurring minerals that separate into long, thin fibers. Asbestos was used for many years to insulate and fireproof buildings. In the 1989 CBECS, information on asbestos in buildings was collected (Section R of the Buildings Questionnaire) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Asbestos treatment methods include removal, encapsulation or sealing, and enclosure behind a permanent barrier.\n\n8. Asbestiform varieties of: Chrysotile (serpentine); crocidolite (riebeckite); amosite (cum- mingtonitegrunerite); anthophyllite; tremolite; and actinolite.\n\n9. A group of highly fibrous silicate minerals that readily separate into long, thin, strong fibers that have sufficient flexibility to be woven, are heat resistant and chemically inert, are electrical insulators, and therefore, are suitable for uses where incombustible, nonconducting, or chemically resistant materials are required. The generic name used for a group of naturally occurring mineral silicate fibers of the serpentine and amphibole series, displaying similar physical characteristics although differing in composition.",
  "synonyms": [
    "CAS Number: 1332-21-4"
  ],
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Env; Terms of Environment; Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary",
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Environmental Issues Glossary",
    "Asbestos Hazard and Emergency Response Act Terms",
    "Brownfields Profile Glossary",
    "I-BEAM Glossary of Terms",
    "DOE Glossary of Terms Related to CERCLA, EPCRA, PPA, RCRA and TSCA at http://homer.ornl.gov/sesa/environment/guidance/cercla/gloss97.pdf",
    "DOE Energy Information Administration Glossary",
    "40 CFR 763.83 (CFR 2013)",
    "Glossary of Asbestos-related Terms and Acronyms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/asbestos/"
}