Asbestos Exposure in India; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; ABSTRACT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF APPENDICES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Research Background; 1.2 Research Objective; 1.3 Structure of the Report; 2 LITERATURE REVIEW; 2.1 Background; 2.2 Types of Asbestos; 2.2.1 Serpentine Group; 2.2.2 Amphibole Group; 2.3 Serpentine and Amphibole Crystal structure and shape; 2.4 Asbestos deposits in India; 2.5 Consumption of asbestos fibers in India; 2.6 Import and export of asbestos in India; 3 ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS; 3.1 Introduction
3.2 Risk and precaution of asbestos exposure3.3 Approved Laboratories in India; 3.4 Methods of Identifying Asbestos fibers; 3.4.1 SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy); 3.4.2 TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy); 3.5 Laboratory analyses of asbestos cement sample; 3.5.1 Results of SEM Analysis; 4 HEALTH IMPACTS DUE TO ASBESTOS EXPOSURE IN INDIA; 4.1 Toxicity of various types of Asbestos; 4.2 Asbestos Related Disease (ARD); 4.2.1 Asbestosis; 4.2.2 Malignant Mesothelioma; 4.2.3 Asbestos Related Lung Cancer (Bronchial carcinoma); 4.3 Occupational exposure in India
5 INDIAN REGULATION ON ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ASBESTOS EXPOSURE5.1 Waste Handling; 5.1.1 Waste Avoidance; 5.1.2 Waste Collection; 5.1.3 Identification and Isolation of waste; 5.1.4 Transportation of Asbestos waste; 5.1.5 Disposal of asbestos waste; 5.1.6 Personal protection and hygiene; 5.1.7 Supervision; 6 SAFER ALTERNATIVES OF ASBESTOS; 6.1 List of asbestos alternatives; 7 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 8 CONCLUSION; 9 REFERENCES; 10 APPENDICES
