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Short fiber tremolite free chrysotile mesothelioma cohort revealed
Author(s) -
Egilman David,
Bird Tess
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.22552
Subject(s) - chrysotile , asbestos , medicine , tremolite , mesothelioma , asbestos cement , cohort , environmental health , composite material , pathology , materials science
In 1995, Dell and Teta published a cohort mortality study of asbestos molding compound workers at a Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) plastics manufacturing plant in Bound Brook, New Jersey. They reported that the factory workers were exposed to “asbestos (mostly chrysotile),” implying that the asbestos used at the Bound Brook plant occasionally contained amphiboles. However, UCC statements and testimony from recent litigation indicate that the Bound Brook plant exclusively used short fiber chrysotile asbestos. These recent documents also point to lower exposures than those reported by Dell and Teta. This chrysotile‐only cohort should be included in analyses of chrysotile potency. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:196–199, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.