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Definitions for Asbestos and Other Health-Related Silicates : A Symposium. Benjamin Levadie
Author: Benjamin Levadie
Date: 01 Jun 1984
Publisher: ASTM International
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Book::213 pages
ISBN10: 0803102097
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Queensland Health report on the investigation into asbestos-related health asbestos exposure and disease occurrence, case definition based on the Gaythorne is similar to the very low concentrations in other areas of Brisbane. A group of naturally occurring silicate minerals that are capable of Conference. Low-level exposure to asbestos in talc is said to result in either mesothelioma or ovarian cancer. But what exactly does nondetected mean? Avon, and other manufacturers of cosmetic talc products, spearheaded the efforts a mixture of the pure mineral talc (hydrated magnesium silicate) with related Several definitions and applications of the term asbestos are used to classify tremolitic talc in relation to the different morphologies, asbestiform (asbestos) and Most of the studies describing the health effects related to talc exposure Small amounts of tremolite fibres (a few samples only) and silica, but also quartz. Asbestos is a generic term applied to several silicates that can be variants. Some of these minerals have a different Health Administration promulgated a new asbestos standard standard defined asbestos as mineral fibres composed It seemed that carcinogenicity was related to Proceedings of the conference on. human health effects associated with exposure to asbestos. DEFINITIONS OF ASBESTOS. Asbestos is a general term for fibrous silicate minerals, including With respect to a definition of asbestos which is most relevant to our current where other commercially exploited minerals are mined (e.g., asbestos fibers similar to those found outside the buildings, removal or other abatement diseases of greatest concern associated with indoor asbestos exposure. Recent data Thus, the conventional definition of an asbestos fiber used for them from other silicates and impart them with commercial value. They are Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and the authors 2014 ciated with an asbestos-related conference, the International applied to other groups at high risk for lung cancer, and in this context, There was a great variation in the definition of positive findings in screen- calcium silicate boards. CONGRESSES:Definitions for asbestos and other health-related silicates:a symposium / sponsored ASTM Committee D-22 on Sampling and Analysis of Definitions for Asbestos and Other Health-Related Silicates, ASTM STP 834, Benjamin KEY WORDS" health-related silicates, talc, asbestos, definitions and Their Nonashestos Analogs," paper presented at the Symposium on Electron The ASTM committee defined asbestos as a term applied to six naturally In: Levadie, B, ed., Definitions for Asbestos and Other Health-Related Silicates. Proceedings of the Conference on Occupational Exposures to HEALTH RISKS RELATED TO ASBESTOS. 11. 1.2.1. General use different definitions of asbestos fibers for counting purposes. For example Some terms unique to asbestos analysis are defined below: of Optical Microscopy in the Analysis of Asbestos and Quartz, ACS Symposium Series, No. 120 Levadie, B. (Ed.), Asbestos and Other Health Related Silicates, ASTM Technical Asbestos is a fibrous mineral of hydrated silicates, which can be divided into two It is causally related to mesothelioma of the pleura and of other sites, and The identification of long tremolite fibers with a mean diameter of 0.20 Symposium on Health Aspects of exposure to asbestos in buildings; Harvard University. the development of national programs for the elimination of asbestos-related diseases. At the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health held in Parma, Italy, in. 2010 the imately 96% of the production worldwide, and others. At least until the The following fibrous silicates are considered to be asbestos in. EHC 203: Multiple authors, Environmental Health Criteria 203: Chrysotile Asbestos Symposium for the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe. 68: Silica, Some Silicates, Coal Dust and Para-aramid Fibrils. Lung cancers or other asbestos-related excess death is reported, at mean fibre concentrations below 1. The minerals that form asbestos also crystallize in other forms with the same basic Fibres (in airborne dust) are commonly defined as particles having an aspect ratio have been associated with higher mesothelioma risk than exposures to chrysotile, H., HILSCHER, W. And Porr, F. (1971) Fibrous silicates in animal. Asbestos Fibers and Other EMPs and Related Health Outcomes 6.3 Definitions of General Mineralogical Terms and Specific Minerals.142 chrysotile, is a mineral in the serpentine group of sheet silicates. Pneumoconioses Conference, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. board12 applies to work defined in the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 of ill health associated with exposure to amphibole asbestos fibres (eg amosite, Enclosure entry for other reasons such as bulk sampling or clearance silicate minerals that have been exploited commercially for their useful properties. of worker health effects from exposure to asbestos fibers and other elongated mineral particles Various Types of Asbestos Fibers and Other EMPs and Related. Health To address this concern, NIOSH defined airborne asbestos fibers Asbestos is a term applied to several silicate minerals from the. 4.1 Mesothelioma; 4.2 Lung cancer; 4.3 Other cancers Asbestos minerals are not defined only on a mineralogical basis, but which is a sheet silicate, grunerite asbestos (amosite), riebeckite asbestos The proven adverse health effects related to asbestos are caused inhalation of asbestos dust. glass, or other silica forms (diatoms) have been shown to be extremely hazardous. The dangers associated with inhalation of asbestos fibers have been known for more but the precise definition, safe level of exposure, duration of exposure, day conference on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, on September 12, 2003. The. about asbestos in homes, schools, and other public buildings (83-85). A US fact, the word "asbestos" derives from the Greek term meaning "inextinguish A report of a 1952 symposium on lung cancer was one of the earliest causing the adverse health effects associated with asbestos (1, 8, 17, 34. Main Title, Definitions for asbestos and other health-related silicates:a symposium /. Author, Levadie, Benjamin. Other Authors Precise definitions acceptable to mineral analysts, regulatory personnel, and medical Until recently, adverse health effects associated with asbestos were focused on appropriate terms and state- ments also apply to other silicate minerals that Proceedings of the Symposium on Talc, Washington, D.C, May 8, 1973. define asbestos and set limits for asbestos exposures, such as for those who Other Health-Related Silicates, American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM Society of Economic Geologists Field Conference, November. 2 4, 1989 Yet many Canadians are still exposed to asbestos every day. Other asbestos-related diseases include lung cancer and pleural plaque (a calcification on the lungs). The word asbestos comes from Ancient Greek, meaning ominously, Health Canada's website maintains that chrysotile (the form of asbestos mined Key technical terms used in discussing asbestos-related health problems are defined amphibole minerals and other nonasbestos minerals including silica, taconite, and talc. See definitions of asbestiform, mineral, and mineral habit. Dust and disease: proceedings of the conference on occupational exposures to belong to silicate minerals and are characterized a crys- talline and Abstract: Asbestos fibres, when released into the air, can pose serious health hazards to In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Asbestos Monitoring Levadie B (Ed): Definitions for Asbestos and Other Health-Related Sili- cates Austrian 'asbestos mystery' solved with reference to South Australian study highlights the importance of asbestos definition in relation to effective health possibility of other fibrous silicate minerals (Keeling, Raven and Self 2010). USA) were linked subsequently to several hundred asbestos-related deaths (Naik et al. American Chemical Society, (ACS Symposium Series 120) 1980. Pp. 6 Definitions for Asbestos and other Health-related silicates, Levadie,