Gasoline, Asbestos, and Dioxin

Journal Article · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Environmental Health Perspectives; (United States)

OSTI ID:6849438

New data on the health hazards of gasoline, chrysotile asbestos, and dioxin were presented at the annual conference of the Collegium Ramazzini, an international group of scientists dedicated to the study of issues of environmental and occupational health. Presented data highlighted the inconsistencies and gaps in the hypothesis linking accumulation of alpha-2[sub u]-globulin, a protein synthesized in the livers of male rats, and gasoline-induced carcinogenicity in the male rat kidney. Although the hypothesis explains some rat male kidney tumors caused by some chemicals, new data support the view that alternative mechanisms must be operating for gasoline.

• OSTI ID: 6849438
• Journal Information: Environmental Health Perspectives; (United States), Vol. 102:2; ISSN 0091-6765
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
GASOLINE
BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS
TOXICITY
KIDNEYS
TUMOR PROMOTERS
ASBESTOS
DIOXIN
HEALTH HAZARDS
BODY
FUELS
HAZARDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
LIQUID FUELS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PROMOTERS
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