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1. Medical study · Medical research · 1984

   Asbestos catalyzes hydroxyl and superoxide radical generation from hydrogen peroxide

   …hydroxyl radicals from a normal byproduct of tissue metabolism, hydrogen peroxide. The iron chelator desferroxamine inhibits this reaction, indicating a major role for iron in the catalytic process, and suggesting a possible mechanism by which asbestos…