About absence of amphibole fibres in chrysotile of the company "Uralasbest"

Summary report

"Dust measurements in the chrysotile mining and milling operations of "Uralasbest" company, Asbest, Russia"

A.Tossavainen, R.Riala, R.Kamppi, M.Holtta, P.Tohka - Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Helsinki, Finland; V.Johns, D.Groce, D.Shvegler-Berry, J.Parker - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, the USA; L.Elovskaya, Е.Kovalevsky - Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Institute of Occupational Health, Moscow, Russia; S.Domnin, E.Plotko, S.Scherbakov, S.Kashansky – Medical Research Center for Prophylactic and Health Protection of Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Finland, Helsinki, 1996

 

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INTRODUCTION

This study is a part of Russian-American-Finnish scientific collaboration within of 3 year program "Health and Exposure Surveillance of Siberian Asbestos Miners" between the Moscow Institute of Occupational Health of the Russian Academy of Medical Science (RAMS), Ekaterinburg Medical Research Centre (EMRC), the National Institute Occupational Health (FIOH).

CONCLUSIONS

All identified fibres were chrysotile. No amphibole fibres were detected in ore, product, or dust samples. Quartz (SiO2) was below 1 weight-%.

 

https://academic.oup.com/annweh/article-abstract/46/suppl_1/157/317515

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10519815/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200004)37:4%3C327::AID-AJIM1%3E3.0.CO;2-1