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Title: No meeting of the minds on asbestos

Abstract

The debate on the health hazards of asbestos has become so polarized that researchers from one camp no longer go to the other camp's meetings. One view suggests that a spate of asbestos-triggered diseases would strike thousands of construction workers, firemen, custodians, and other people exposed to microscopic asbestos fibers that crumble from building and pipe insulation, brake pads, and hundreds of other sources. Other researchers believe that chrysotile asbestos, the most commonly used type in the US, poses relatively little health risk to the general public at the levels of exposure generally encountered, and that expensive removal of properly maintained asbestos-containing materials such as insulation and cement is not warranted.

Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5815664
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 254:5034; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; ASBESTOS; HEALTH HAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANIMALS; HAZARDS; MAMMALS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATES; 560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology

Citation Formats

. No meeting of the minds on asbestos. United States: N. p., 1991. Web.
. No meeting of the minds on asbestos. United States.
. 1991. "No meeting of the minds on asbestos". United States.
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abstractNote = {The debate on the health hazards of asbestos has become so polarized that researchers from one camp no longer go to the other camp's meetings. One view suggests that a spate of asbestos-triggered diseases would strike thousands of construction workers, firemen, custodians, and other people exposed to microscopic asbestos fibers that crumble from building and pipe insulation, brake pads, and hundreds of other sources. Other researchers believe that chrysotile asbestos, the most commonly used type in the US, poses relatively little health risk to the general public at the levels of exposure generally encountered, and that expensive removal of properly maintained asbestos-containing materials such as insulation and cement is not warranted.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5815664}, journal = {Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)},
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year = {Fri Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 1991},
month = {Fri Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 1991}
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