Fibrosis
A condition marked by the increase of connective, fibrous tissue.

Class IV asbestos work
Means maintenance and custodial activities during which employees contact but do not disturb ACM or PACM and activities to clean up dust, waste and debris resulting from Class I, II, and III activities.

Adenocarcinoma
Adenocarcinoma of the lung is a type of lung cancer. Like other cancers, adenocarcinoma is the growth of abnormal cells. These cancerous cells multiply out of control, and form a tumor. As the tumor grows, it destroys parts of the lung. Eventually, the tumor's abnormal cells can spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body, including the brain.

Stage 4 Mesothelioma
Stage 4 mesothelioma has spread via the bloodstream to other organs in the body such as the liver, brain or bone or to lymph nodes on the other side of the chest

Bronchial Lung Cancer
Malignant tumor of the bronchial tubes, this disease is more common than Asbestosis & Fibrosis.

Stage 1 Mesothelioma
Stage 1 mesothelioma affects one layer of the pleura only. It may have grown into the covering of the heart (pericardium) and the diaphragm

Alimta (pemetrexed for injection)
Alimta is a new cancer drug used to treat malignant pleural mesothelioma. Alimta is given with cisplatin, another anti-cancer medicine.

Crocidolite asbestos
One of the six types of asbestos. Crocidolite or "blue asbestos," is found in specialized high temperature applications.

Asbestiform
Possessing the properties of asbestos. Minerals of specific chemical compositions can have asbestiform varieties that are fibrous in nature (e.g., crocidolite and amosite are the asbestiform varieties of the amphibole minerals, reibeckite and grunerite; tremolite and actinolite may be either asbestiform or nonasbestiform)

Amosite
A type of asbestos in the amphibole group; it is also known as brown asbestos.