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Abstract
Glass fibres are considered to be inert and therefore thought to present no real hazard to the health of people who inhale them. Results in the present study however indicate that these fibres are able to produce hydroxyl radicals in the presence of hydrogen peroxide by a Fenton-type reaction. Since hydroxyl radical is implicated in lipid peroxidation, single-strand DNA breaks and carcinogenesis, care should be exercised when dealing with glass fibres.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3034439 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(87)90081-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Biol Interact ISSN: 0009-2797 Impact factor: 5.192