1·He achieved some modest victories, pressuring the city to open a jobs center in the neighborhood, demanding action to remove asbestos from a housing estate.
他取得了一些温和的胜利，向市政府施压，要求在附近开设一个就业中心，并要求采取行动，从一个住宅区清除石棉。
2·Radon and asbestos.
氡和石棉。
3·But the Department of Health failed to act even after the World Health Organisation in the summer reclassified sunbeds as being as carcinogenic as cigarettes, arsenic and asbestos.
然而，即使在世界卫生组织去年夏天将太阳床重新归为香烟、砷和石棉一类致癌物后，英国卫生部也未能随之推行禁令。
4·The different time trends observed between countries may be an early indication that the disease burden is slowly shifting towards those that have used asbestos more recently.
所观察到的国家间的不同时间趋势可能表明疾病负担正在慢慢向那些近来使用石棉的国家转移的一个早期迹象。
5·But about half of cases of never-smokers with lung cancer cannot be explained by known risk factors, which also include asbestos, indoor wood-burning stoves, and aerosolized oils caused by cooking.
但是，大约有一半不吸烟者肺癌病例无法用已知的危险因素进行解释。已知危险因素还包括：石棉、烧薪材的室内火炉和油烟。
1·Asbestosis: Lung disease caused by long-term inhalation of asbestos fibres.
石绵沉着病：因长期吸入石绵纤维而引起的一种肺病。
2·Passive inhalation (" secondhand smoke ") is linked to lung cancer in nonsmokers. Other risk factors include exposure to radon or asbestos.
在不抽烟的人当中，被动吸烟的人也与肺癌发病有关。其它的致癌因素还包括曝露在氡和石绵的环境下。
3·Cigarette smoking greatly exacerbates its symptoms. Lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma are more common with asbestos inhalation and asbestosis.
现在已知吸烟将会严重地加重石绵沉着病的症状。肺癌和恶性间皮瘤亦和石绵吸入及石绵沉着病有关。