Crocidolite asbestos
One of the six types of asbestos. Crocidolite or "blue asbestos," is found in specialized high temperature applications.

Anthophyllite
A type of asbestos in the amphibole group; it is also known as azbolen asbestos.

Adenocarcinoma
Adenocarcinoma of the lung is a type of lung cancer. Like other cancers, adenocarcinoma is the growth of abnormal cells. These cancerous cells multiply out of control, and form a tumor. As the tumor grows, it destroys parts of the lung. Eventually, the tumor's abnormal cells can spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body, including the brain.

Stage 3 Mesothelioma
Stage 3 mesothelioma has spread to the chest wall, food pipe (oesophagus) or lymph nodes on the same side of the chest

Hazardous Air Pollutants
Air pollutants that are not covered by ambient air quality standards but which, as defined in the Clean Air Act, may reasonably be expected to cause or contribute to irreversible illness or death. Such pollutants include asbestos, beryllium, mercury, benzene, coke oven emissions, radionuclides, and vinyl chloride.

Alimta (pemetrexed for injection)
Alimta is a new cancer drug used to treat malignant pleural mesothelioma. Alimta is given with cisplatin, another anti-cancer medicine.

Fibrosis
A condition marked by the increase of connective, fibrous tissue.

Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)
An Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) allowable exposure level in workplace air averaged over an 8-hour shift of a 40 hour workweek.

Lethal Concentration(50) (LC50)
A calculated concentration of a chemical in air to which exposure for a specific length of time is expected to cause death in 50% of a defined experimental animal population.

ACTS
Asbestos Contractor Tracking System - Asbestos Demolition/ Renovation, and Asbestos Contractor Tracking System in some states is an EPA system