NIOSH Testimony on Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite by R. A. Lemen, April 9, 1990.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This testimony concerns the response to NIOSH to the OSHA notice of proposed rulemaking to remove nonasbestiform tremolite (14567738), anthophyllite (17068789), and actinolite (77536664) from the asbestos standard. The testimony contains comments on a review of the literature by OSHA, studies by OSHA on exposure to nonasbestiform minerals, and fiber characteristics studies reviewed by OSHA. The testimony also contains an assessment of the scientific literature by NIOSH, reviews of epidemiologic studies, animal studies, and reviews by other scientific bodies concerning the issue at hand. NIOSH concludes that, for regulatory purposes, cleavage fragments of the appropriate aspect ratio and length from the nonasbestiform minerals should not be considered less hazardous than fibers from the asbestiform minerals, independent of the mineralogic habit.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Chemistry Environmental Monitoring Laboratories Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Airborne-dusts Carcinogens Fibrous-dusts Lemen-R-A Lung-cancer NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Testimony Regulations Risk-factors Standards
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Testimony
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00196004
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1990 Apr:15 pages
• CAS Registry Number:
  Tremolite (Ca2[(Mg0.9-1Fe0-0.1)4.5-5Al0-0.5](Si7.5-8Al0-0.5)(OH)2O22) (CAS RN 14567-73-8) ; Anthophyllite (CAS RN 17068-78-9) ; Actinolite asbestos (CAS RN 77536-66-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, 15 pages, 41 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2c4fc8b47a1463197f196cdfcb5a6ade4e8ef2dd8ba7fd3ee8140dff061029edeaab163fa353711ccbec93e055f0255737c5bab34cdb56362c0133910f6599c9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180410/cdc_180410_DS1.pdf
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