Environmental concentrations of fibers with fluoro-edenitic composition and population exposure in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy)

• Main Authors: Biagio Maria Bruni (Author), Maria Eleonora Soggiu (Author), Giovanni Marsili (Author), Antonio Brancato (Author), Marco Inglessis (Author), Lorenzo Palumbo (Author), Augusta Piccardi (Author), Eleonora Beccaloni (Author), Fabrizio Falleni (Author), Simona Mazziotti Tagliani (Author), Antonio Pacella (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION. The town of Biancavilla (Sicily) was included in the National Priorities List of Contaminated Sites due to environmental dispersion of amphibole fibers owing to the extraction of materials from a local quarry. The present report summarizes results from several, hitherto unpublished, en...