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Developments in asbestos cancer risk assessment
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 09/17/09

Silverstein MA et al. – None of the efforts to use statistical models to characterize relative cancer potencies for asbestos fiber types and sizes have been able to overcome limitations of the exposure data. Resulting uncertainties have been so great that these estimates should not be used to drive occupational and environmental health policy. The EPA has now rejected and discontinued work on its proposed methods for estimating potency factors. Future efforts will require new methods and more precise and reliable exposure assessments. However, while there may be genuine need for such work, a more pressing priority with regard to the six regulated forms of asbestos and other asbestiform fibers is to ban their production and use.

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Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 11/06/09 Relevance Score: 67%

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Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 10/20/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Occupational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Lung Cancer Risk: a Multicenter Study in Europe
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 10/14/09 Relevance Score: 64%

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Annals of Internal Medicine, 10/07/09 Relevance Score: 48%

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Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 47%