chrysotile
white asbestos

It is less common than white asbestos but can be found in some construction materials.

Not to be confused with chrysotile, another name for white asbestos.

White asbestos makes up 95% of the asbestos found in buildings.

About 95% of asbestos found in buildings is white asbestos.

How many builders have failed to protect themselves from white asbestos during demolitions, as a result of his claims?

Until the mid-1980s, the Artex coating was made with white asbestos to strengthen it.

The latest find is of white asbestos, less dangerous than the blue variety, provided it is not disturbed.

In early formulations it often contained white asbestos fibers.

In a long series of articles he has falsely claimed that the danger from white asbestos is insignificant.

A small seam of white asbestos was discovered however insufficient amounts to commercially mine.

Removing or disturbing Artex is not recommended, as it may contain white asbestos.

Two firemen in new white asbestos suits had spent thirty minutes wearing looks of bleak disappointment.

The house is clad with white asbestos siding and asphalt shingles on the roof.

Blue asbestos is possibly 100 times more hazardous than white asbestos, as the fibres are much smaller (around 2.5 to 10 micrometres).

The first sets contained blue asbestos, and the later sets contained white asbestos.

'He spoke of surveys on which he was engaged in Quebec, one of the areas where white asbestos is mined.

White asbestos, also called chrysotile asbestos, is one of the six types of asbestos.

Both roofs are surfaced with diamond-shaped shingles of white asbestos cement and pierced by a single brick chimney per wing.

Chrysotile (white asbestos)

The open-cut mine produced approximately 500,000 tonnes of chrysotile, or white asbestos, from 100 million tonnes of mined material.

One of the first of these mixtures was produced by Rawlplug and was composed of dry white asbestos fibres, sold loose in a tin.

It is rare in construction compared to white asbestos, but it is sometimes found in caulking, cement, wallboard, rope, and numerous other products.

The structure was of wood supporting a covering of white asbestos sheets; inside, the walls were lined with some synthetic board, dark yellow in colour and unpainted.

This saw the mine investing lots of money in marketing its type of asbestos white asbestos which is said to be kinder than the blue asbestos.

As Johnny Vegas said in 'Black Books': "There's white asbestos, which is good and there's blue asbestos, which is bad.