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NIOSH Comments to DOL on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite by R. A. Lemen, April 9, 1990.


PB91152413

Publication Date 1990
Page Count 20
Abstract The 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 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.
Keywords
  • Environmental surveys
  • Occupational safety and health
  • Industrial medicine
  • Toxic substances
  • Occupational exposure
  • Risk assessment
  • Asbestos
  • Standards compliance
  • Pollution regulations
  • Indoor air pollution
  • Carcinogens
  • Inhalation
  • Epidemiology
  • Testimony
  • Tremolite
  • Anthophyllite
  • Actinolite
  • CAS Registry No: 14567-73-8
  • 17068-78-9
  • 77536-66-4
Source Agency
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category
  • 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
  • 68A - Air Pollution & Control
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 57Y - Toxicology
  • 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes See also PB91-152439.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 199110
NIOSH Comments to DOL on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite by R. A. Lemen, April 9, 1990.
NIOSH Comments to DOL on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite by R. A. Lemen, April 9, 1990.
PB91152413

  • Environmental surveys
  • Occupational safety and health
  • Industrial medicine
  • Toxic substances
  • Occupational exposure
  • Risk assessment
  • Asbestos
  • Standards compliance
  • Pollution regulations
  • Indoor air pollution
  • Carcinogens
  • Inhalation
  • Epidemiology
  • Testimony
  • Tremolite
  • Anthophyllite
  • Actinolite
  • CAS Registry No: 14567-73-8
  • 17068-78-9
  • 77536-66-4
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
  • 68A - Air Pollution & Control
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 57Y - Toxicology
  • 94D - Job Environment
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