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. 2016 Apr;22(2):175–178. doi: 10.1080/10773525.2016.1162952

Table 1.

Building Asbestos Exposure and Cancer

Reference Case study subjects Passive exposure in Building Years exposed Other exposure (Occupational, shipyard, auto, domestic, neighborhood, etc.) Findings
Goldberg 2006 Five campus employees Asbestos insulated building material No other asbestos exposure could be identified, except the sporadic use of asbestos-protecting devices for two of them Mesothelioma likely induced by workplace passive environmental exposure to asbestos-insulated degraded workplaces.
Case 1 Between 64 to 72-year -old vulcanologist professor Asbestos insulation 35 None Pleural plaques in 2000 and mesothelioma in 2002
Case 2 Between 64 to 72-year -old ultrasound physicist Asbestos insulation 15 None Pleural plaques and mesothelioma in 2001
Case 3 Between 64 to 72-year -old mathematics professor Asbestos insulation 29 None Pleural plaques and mesothelioma in 2001
Case4 Between 64 to 72-year -old paleontology professor Asbestos insulation 30 None mesothelioma in 2001
Case 5 Between 64 to 72-year -old oceanography engineer Asbestos insulation 10 None Pleural plaques in 1996 and mesothelioma in 2001
Lilienfeld 1991 Four school teachers Asbestos-insulated building Four cases of malignant mesothelioma in school teachers. Three similar cases in young people (3045 years) whose only known exposure to asbestos was attendance as pupils at schools with ACM.
Case 1 60-year-old male school teacher Acoustic ceiling, pipe insulation and fire protection in school building. 31 Prior radar man in the Navy for 1–2 years Mesotheliomaencasing the left lung and spreading to lymph nodes and the abdomen.
Case 2 52-year-old male school teacher Acoustic ceiling (chrysotile-based spray), pipe insulation and fire protection in school building. 25 None Malignant Mesothelioma. Building sample revealed asbestos concentrations ranging from 2 to 30 percent.
Case 3 43-year-old female teacher Pieces of the asbestos-containing ceiling would often fall. 21 None mentioned Malignant Mesothelioma. Ceiling sample revealed chrysotile concentration at 45 percent. 1 percent amosite.
Case 4 64-year-old female teacher Demolition in adjacent classroom. Continuous exposure. 15 None mentioned Ovarion Cancer, Malignant Mesothelioma revealed. Analyses of asbestos in the school found 30 to 100 percent chrysotile, and in 2 samples between 50–80 percent amosite.
Schneider 2001
Case1 46-year-old woman interier designer Cellar with narrow and low ceilings contained asbestos sprayed ceiling beams 5 None Indoor exposure to asbestos confirmed by inspection caused pleural Mesothelioma. Low ceiling and narrow rooms susceptible to damage and disturbance.
Stein 1989
Case 1 54-year-old female office worker Asbestos Ceilings Unknown, lifetime office worker None Pleural mesothelioma resulting from amosite asbestos. Rapid deterioration consistent with repairs and repaint