Synonyms for asbestos
as·bestos

Princeton's WordNet

1. asbestosnoun

   a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer

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1. • Amphibole

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. asbestos

   Synonyms:
   Silicate

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1. Kamal Jayasinghe:

   We have held their re-registration and informed the distributor to submit quality reports from an accredited laboratory to ensure there is no asbestos in their products.

2. Cristian Tomasetti:

   This is the current paradigm and we feel that our new research breaks this paradigm, we discovered there's a third factor that actually causes most of the mutations -- random errors made during normal cell division.Asbestos exposure is still making people sickSo why was this never appreciated before ?

3. Hedy Kindler:

   This is what we call a gene-environment interaction, you still need the asbestos exposure, but the genetic predisposition can make you more likely to develop mesothelioma with a lower level of asbestos exposure.

4. Dan Brewer:

   My first role was to go around bases and assess the problem. And it was huge, i mean, with burn pits. Hazardous waste, improper hazardous waste, I mean, the wastewater issues. We had asbestos issues, you name it.

5. Jerry Paulson:

   This issue of asbestos in toys, in particular in crayons, is a problem, that was identified 15 years ago.