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Review of published studies of orally administered asbestos.

Author(s) -

Lyman W. Condie

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.83533

Subject(s) - asbestos , ingestion , carcinogen , asbestos fibers , medicine , environmental health , toxicology , biology , materials science , metallurgy , genetics

There has been great public concern about the adverse health effects resulting from the presence of asbestos fibers in municipal drinking water supplies. This article reviews and summarizes the experimental findings of 11 published papers that have evaluated the carcinogenic potential of asbestos following its ingestion. The long-term, high-level ingestion of various types of asbestos fibers in more than one animal species failed to produce any definite, reproducible, organ-specific carcinogenic effect.

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