Hygienic aspects of the production of asbestos substitutes

Due to the high level aggressiveness of asbestos, more attempts have been made in the recent years to replace asbestos by other artificial mineral fibres. In this connection, the labour conditions were studied in the basalt and carbon fibres processing sites. The major occupational hazards of these...

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Published inGigiena truda i professional'nye zabolevaniia no. 9; p. 30
Main Authors Nikitina, O V, Troitskaia, N A, Kogan, F M, Velichkovskiĭ, B T, Blokhin, V A, Kuznetsova, Z M, Vanchugova, N N
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 1990
Subjects
Asbestos - adverse effects
Asbestos, Serpentine
Carbon - adverse effects
Dust - adverse effects
Humans
Microclimate
Minerals - adverse effects
Occupational Diseases - etiology
Occupational Diseases - prevention & control
Silicates
Silicon Dioxide - adverse effects
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Summary:Due to the high level aggressiveness of asbestos, more attempts have been made in the recent years to replace asbestos by other artificial mineral fibres. In this connection, the labour conditions were studied in the basalt and carbon fibres processing sites. The major occupational hazards of these sites included basalt and carbon fibres dusts, heating microclimate in some working zones and physical overload. An intratracheal experiment revealed a lower degree of fibrinogenicity of the basalt and carbon fibres as compared to chrysotile asbestos. The number of the induced mesothelioma in the intraperitoneal introduction of basalt and carbon fibres was markedly lower than in case with chrysotile asbestos. Hygienically, asbestos should be replaced wherever possible, and the dust control measures should by no means be inferior to those with asbestos.
ISSN:0016-9919