Chrysotile Asbestos

 Chrysotile, Amosite and Crocidolite are the three most common forms of asbestos. Chrysotile asbestos is the main cause of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Chrysotile or white asbestos accounts for approximately 95 percent of the asbestos used in the production of asbestos products in the United States of America and is the only member of the serpentine group of chemicals.

Although these fine fibers of asbestos made it a great conductor of fire, heat and electrical resistant products, these fibers can easily become airborne and enter into the body from breathing thus eventually causing Mesothelioma.  Once these fibers enter the body through the respiratory system these fibers lodge within the mesothelial cells around the lungs causing direct damage to the lungs by damaging the pleura area of the lungs.