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Biological activity in vitro of chrysotile compared to its quarried parent rock (platy serpentine)
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Biological activity in vitro of chrysotile compared to its quarried parent rock (platy serpentine)

A L Frank, A N Rohl, M J Wade and L E Lipkin
Journal of environmental pathology and toxicology, v 2(4), pp 1041-1046
Mar 1979
PMID: 448251

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Cell Survival - drug effects Animals Time Factors Mice In Vitro Techniques Maryland Cell Division - drug effects Asbestos - pharmacology
Crushed serpentine rock, quarried at Rockville, Maryland, has been used in large quantities for road and playground surfacing. The rock consists essentially of the fibrous serpentine mineral chrysotile (asbestos) and platy serpentines. In vitro bioassay in P338D1, a malignant mouse macrophage-like cell line, show that chrysotile is cytotoxic while the platy serpentines are not.

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