NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Asbestos (1972, Second Printing)

NIOSH criteria document (second printing, HSM 72-10267) recommending an occupational exposure standard for asbestos. It sets recommended limits of 2.0 fibers/cc as an 8-hour average and 10.0 fibers/cc peak, and covers medical surveillance, labeling, respirators, work practices and recordkeeping. It also reviews human epidemiological and animal studies of asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. The copy bears a Union Carbide R&D library receipt stamp dated 1977.

People and organizations

From National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration); Marcus M. Key, M.D. (Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (signs the preface)).

• Marcus M. Key (author)
• Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health (named)
• Health Services and Mental Health Administration (named)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine (named)
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (named)
• New York State Department of Health (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• North Carolina State Board of Health (named)
• Pennsylvania Department of Health (named)
• St. Luke's Hospital (named)
• Superintendent of Documents (named)
• The City University of New York (named)
• U.S. Department of Health (named)
• U.S. Government Printing Office (named)
• U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)
• University of Pittsburgh (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Fiber Counting · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · NIOSH · What is asbestosis.

About this copy

This is document UC-3117 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 127 pages. Production numbers UCC 019431 to UCC 019557.