Ukuvezwa kwe- asbestos enobuthi kungasiza ekuziphatheni komzimba, okungenzeka kubekwe isisekelo sezifo ezizenzekelayo ezizenzekelayo njenge-rheumatoid arthritis kanye ne-multiple sclerosis, ngokusho kocwaningo olwanyatheliswa emagazini kaJanuwari 2005 wephephandaba elibukeziwe ngontanga le-Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP).
Abacwaningi bahlola izakhamizi ezingama-50 eLibby, eMontana-idolobha elingcolile yi-asbestos-futhi lithola kakhulu amathuba okuba neklasi lezinziza zegazi egazini labo kuneqembu elilawulayo.
Ukuba khona kwalezi zimpawu eziphilayo, ezaziwa ngokuthi i-anti-nuclear antibodies (ANAs), zivame ukutholakala kubantu abasebenzisa amasosha omzimba angasetshenziswa ukudala ukuvuvukala emathangeni abo omzimba.
Abacwaningi bathole ukuthi i-ANA yenzeke kakhulu ku-28.6% kakhulu kuma-sampula e-Libby kunezingqinamba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abantu abaye bahlushwa i-asbestos iminyaka engaphezu kwenguhlanu bavame ukuba nezinhlawulo eziphakeme ze-ANA kunelabo ababencane kakhulu. Kwabahlali baseLibby bahlolwa, 76% banezinkinga zamaphaphu ahlobene ne-asbestos, nalabo abanezinkinga ezinkulu zamapayipi nabo babe nezibalo eziphakeme ze-autoantibodies.
Cishe lonke idolobha laseLibby laqokwa ngokuthi yiSupport National List Listing site ngo-2002, ngemuva kokuthi amashumi eminyaka ye-vermiculite yezimayini yonakalisa imayini, izindawo zokucubungula, neminyango eminingi, izakhiwo kanye nezakhiwo edolobheni elinama-asbestos amphibole.
"Ngokubonisa ubudlelwane phakathi kokuchayeka kwe-asbestos nezinyathelo zokuphendula okuzenzakalelayo, lolu cwaningo lusekela futhi luphinde lunikeze ubufakazi obunjalo bokuthi, njenge-silika, i-asbestos i-agent ye-systemic selfimmunity," abalobi abacwaningayo babhala.
"I-vermiculite e-Asbestos ene-contaminated e-Libby iye yathunyelwa futhi isetshenzwa ezindaweni eziningi e-United States, futhi le nto isetshenziselwa izicelo eziningi. Ngakho-ke, kuyinto engaba yingozi empilweni kubantu kokubili nasemisebenzini yezemvelo, futhi ukuqaphela ukuhlangana nokuzimela kungaholela ekuhloleni okudingekayo, ukuhlolwa, kanye nokwelapha kubantu abakhethiwe noma abantu. "
Ngokusekelwe emiphumeleni yalolu cwaningo oluncane kakhulu, abacwaningi bahlose ukuqhubeka nezifundo zabo zezifo zangempela ezizimele eziphakathi kwabantu baseLibby.
"Ukuvezwa kwe-asbestos sekuyisikhathi eside kuhlotshaniswa ne- cancers , fibrosis, nezinye izifo, kodwa ukuxhumana phakathi kwezimpawu ezingaphansi kwesifo se-autoimmune nokuchayeka kwe-asbestos kubalulekile ulwazi," kusho uDkt. Jim Burkhart, umhleli wesayensi we-EHP.
Abalobi belo cwaningo kwakunguJean C. Pfau, uJami J. Sentissi, uGreg Weller, no-Elizabeth A. Putnam weSikhungo seMvelo Sciences e-University of Montana.
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