Non-occupational exposure to mineral fibres

A publication of the proceedings of a symposium which focused on the possible carcinogenic risk to the general population from environmental exposure to mineral fibres. Short and long-term effects, industrial hygiene, toxicology and epidemiology were covered by researchers in different fields of investigation and the available evidence was reviewed by scientists such as Sir Richard Doll, Professor J.Bignon and Professor J.Peto. Major emphasis was given to the problem of assessing effects of exposure to very low levels of airborne fibres and to the reliability of extrapolating risk estimates from dose-response based on high levels of exposure. The contents of this book include experimental data on the carcinogenic effects of mineral fibres and their mechanism of action; fibre level measurements in the lung and their correlation with air samples; methods of determining airborne levels; and epidemiological data of the hazards to health from non-occupational exposure to airborne mineral fibres, with studies in Turkey, Corsica and Cyprus.