chrysotile
noun
chrys·o·tile
ˈkri-sə-ˌtī(-ə)l 
: a mineral consisting of a fibrous silky variety of serpentine and constituting a common form and principal source of asbestos
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By banning chrysotile, the last form of asbestos still in use within the country, the U.S. finally joins more than 50 other countries that have already prohibited it.
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Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Last spring, the EPA proposed a ban on chrysotile, or white asbestos, the most common type.
—Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2023
Such deposits are sometimes laced with actinolite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, and tremolite.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
OxyChem used chrysotile, or white asbestos, the most common type.
—Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2022
However, according to internal documents, dozens of tests have found minerals such as tremolite, chrysotile, and actinolite—which, in certain forms, constitute asbestos—in the company’s talc.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
In Lowell, Vermont, for instance, stands a pile of tailings hundreds of feet tall, from what was once the United States’ largest chrysotile asbestos mine.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed to ban chrysotile asbestos, the most common form of the toxic mineral still used in the United States.
—Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2022
Most consumer products that historically contained chrysotile asbestos have been discontinued.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2022
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Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Last spring, the EPA proposed a ban on chrysotile, or white asbestos, the most common type.
—Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2023
Such deposits are sometimes laced with actinolite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, and tremolite.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
OxyChem used chrysotile, or white asbestos, the most common type.
—Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2022
However, according to internal documents, dozens of tests have found minerals such as tremolite, chrysotile, and actinolite—which, in certain forms, constitute asbestos—in the company’s talc.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
In Lowell, Vermont, for instance, stands a pile of tailings hundreds of feet tall, from what was once the United States’ largest chrysotile asbestos mine.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed to ban chrysotile asbestos, the most common form of the toxic mineral still used in the United States.
—Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2022
Most consumer products that historically contained chrysotile asbestos have been discontinued.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2022
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“Chrysotile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chrysotile. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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