Revised Recommended Asbestos Standard [1976]

Details

• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Based on an updated review of the available information on the health effects of exposure to asbestos, NIOSH proposes a new numerical exposure limit amounting to 100,000 asbestos fibers less than 5 micrometers long per cubic meter of air. This recommended standard is intended to protect against the noncarcinogenic effects of asbestos, to materially reduce the risk of asbestos induced cancer, and to measure the levels of asbestos by valid and reproducible techniques that are available to industry and official agencies. The information reviewed provides conclusive evidence that exposure to asbestos fiber causes cancer and asbestosis in man. Lung cancer and asbestosis have occurred following exposure to chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, and anthophyllite. Mesothelioma, lung cancer and gastrointestinal cancer were shown to be excessive in occupationally exposed persons. Mesothelioma developed also in individuals living in the neighborhood of asbestos factories and asbestosis was identified among persons living near anthophyllite deposits. Available data also show that the lower the exposure the lower the risk of developing cancer. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Includes bibliographical references.
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Carcinogens Dust Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control; Exposure-limits; Safety-standards; Epidemiology; Asbestos-dusts; Fibrous-dusts; Respiratory-system-disorders; Occupational-health
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-169, 1976 Dec; :1-99
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Standards
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  101 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Bridbord, Kenneth ; Dement, John M. ; Groth, David H. ; Karches, Gerald J. ; Lemen, Richard A. ; Lucas, James B. ; Wagoner, Joseph K. ; Wills, James H.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00072915
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273965
• CAS Registry Number:
  Amosite asbestos (CAS RN 12172-73-5) ; Anthophyllite (CAS RN 17068-78-9) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Chrysotile (CAS RN 12001-29-5) ; Crocidolite asbestos (CAS RN 12001-28-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b9ad5ebbb2ac51f3b67849960abe80892c62a6fe3480eba6cffdca7a9dea9a82dab44062ee6f866fea28c09d68abb7c1552a5ab97d5187b2689d4d878c188585
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11156/cdc_11156_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.72 MB ]