Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Asbestos [1972]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A standard for occupational exposure to asbestos fibers and dusts is recommended in terms of environmental, medical, labeling, personal protective equipment and clothing, appraisal of employees of hazards, work practice, and monitoring and recording requirements. Biological effects of exposure are reviewed, including extent of exposure, early historical reports, epidemiological studies, animal toxicity, and correlation of exposure and effect; with review of environmental data, development of standard (including basis for previous standards, U.S. Emergency Standard, and basis for recommended standard), compatibility with emission standards, air sampling principles and methods, numerical hazard rating system, and material safety data sheets. Topics include carcinogenicity, fibrogenicity, pathogenicity, and cytotoxic effects; chemical and physical properties of various types, including chrysotile, amosite crocidolite, and tremolite; histopathological and morphological phenomena, particularly in respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts; reactivity; fire and explosion hazards; and hazards in various materials, and operations and industries, including textiles, insulation, construction, mining, milling, paper and packing, spraying, and pipemaking. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Asbestos Biochemistry Dust Hazardous Substances Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Toxicology

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Criteria-Document; Hazardous-materials; Airborne-dusts; Airborne-fibers; Pulmonary-system-disorders; Industrial-emissions; Warning-systems; Air-quality-control; Biochemistry; Textiles-plants; Toxicology; Protective-measures; Ferruginous-bodies; Asbestosis; Asbestos-dust; Personal-protective-equipment
• Source:
  Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 72-10267, 1972 Jan; :1-136
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB7210267
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Standards
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  130 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00012192
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-209510
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6eecad42387f373fa86eaad4967bee4b41ef3771298bb4533d177b085f2111b3559cb7f2d357ba8fc3cc6d8e1909d52b1e671fb8eabdd1634029930864f96e7d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19321/cdc_19321_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.94 MB ]