Synonyms for asbestos
as·bestos

Princeton's WordNet

1. asbestosnoun

   a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer

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1. • Amphibole

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. asbestos

   Synonyms:
   Silicate

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1. Richard Ausness:

   I have never heard of anything like this, this is bad news for J&J. The plaintiffs are clearly going to say this lab director worked for J&J for years, and he found asbestos so there must be asbestos there.

2. The EWG Lunder:

   It is really shocking to have had these two reports previously raise attention to the issue( and) have manufacturers pledge to pay more attention and to see there are still products on the shelf that have talc, which is contaminated with asbestos in many cases.

3. Steve Musser:

   They would say the product is free of asbestos based on their testing, and we would say the opposite for that sample.

4. John Beisner:

   None of plaintiffs' experts were able to put forward a valid theory and there is simply no science to support what they call asbestos in the product.

5. Kamal Jayasinghe:

   We have held their re-registration and informed the distributor to submit quality reports from an accredited laboratory to ensure there is no asbestos in their products.