| Document ID (ISN) | 69391 |
| CIS number |
97-1262 |
| ISBN(s) |
92-832-1268-1 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
IARC Monographs 68
|
| Author(s) |
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) |
| Title |
IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans - Silica, some silicates, coal dust and para-aramid fibrils |
| Bibliographic information |
World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales Service, 1211 Genève 27, Switzerland, 1997. iv, 506p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Index. |
| Abstract |
This monograph represents the views and expert opinions of an IARC Working Group which met in Lyon, France, 15-22 October 1996. Overall evaluation: crystalline silica inhaled in the form of quartz or cristobalite from occupational sources is carcinogenic in humans; long palygorskite (attapulgite) fibres (>5µm) are possibly carcinogenic in humans; amorphous silica, para-aramid fibrils, coal dust, short palygorskite (attapulgite) fibres (<5µm), sepiolite, wollastonite, clinoptilote, phillipsite, mordenite, non-fibrous Japanese zeolite, and synthetic zeolites are not classifiable as to their carcinogenicity in humans. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
wollastonite; coal dust; carcinogens; WHO; IARC; p-aramid; toxicology; zeolite; silica; sepiolite; palygorskite; silicates; synthetic fibres |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
toxic effects; literature survey; cancer; criteria document; epidemiologic study; carcinogenic effects; mining and quarrying; exposure evaluation |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | WHO |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
IARC Monographs
Asbestos
Silicon compounds
Inorganic substances
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