| Document ID (ISN) | 54181 |
| CIS number |
90-1295 |
| Year |
1990 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Title |
Testimony of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on occupational exposure to asbestos, tremolite, anthophyllite and actinolite |
| Bibliographic information |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1988, USA, 9 May 1990. 15p. 47 ref. |
| Abstract |
A review of animal experiments, epdidemiologic studies and analytical experience indicates no safe airborne fibre concentration for any asbestos mineral. NIOSH thus recommends that no regulatory distinction be made between airborne asbestos fibres and airborne nonasbestiform cleavage fragments of the minerals tremolite, actinolite and anthophyllite, and that the 3 minerals not be deleted from OSHA's asbestos standard. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; respirable dust; asbestos |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
anthophyllite; comment on standard; tremolite; actinolite |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Asbestos
|
