ATSDR Issues Report on Asbestos Exposure from Libby Vermiculite

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Enterprise Communication. ; United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
• Description:
  cdc:5148
  
  For Immediate Release: October 29, 2008
  
  ATLANTA –Employees, their families and people living close to 28 exfoliation sites may have been exposed to amphibole asbestos from vermiculite mined in Libby, Montana between the 1920s and the early 1990s., a report from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has concluded.
  
  The report identifies groups of people most at–risk from exposure to this form of asbestos, makes public health recommendations for these sites and identifies 78 other sites that also received Libby vermiculite. All but one of the sites are former vermiculite exfoliation facilities located in 36 states.
  
  The document is Summary Report: Exposure to Asbestos–Containing Vermiculite from Libby, Montana at 28 sites in the United States
  
  
• Subjects:
  Asbestosis Lung Neoplasms/chemically Induced Mining Occupational Exposure Risk Factors
• Document Type:
  Wepage
• Genre:
  Press Release
• Place as Subject:
  Montana
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f615bd001173d173f8e19773f2851f65f1e7520013afd793382366d2c2cc7a2a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/151907/cdc_151907_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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