Government Reports

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Department of Health and Human Services

1. 1990Toxicological Profile for Asbestos
2. 1995Toxicological Profile for Asbestos
3. 2001Toxicological Profile for Asbestos

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Department of Labor

1. 1918Frederick L. Hoffman, Mortality from Respiratory Diseases in Dusty Trades (Inorganic Dusts)
2. 1922Occupation Hazards and Diagnostic Signs: A Guide to Impairments to Be Looked For in Hazardous Occupations
3. 1930"Pulmonary Disease Caused by Asbestos Dust," Monthly Labor Review

Bureau of Mines

Department of the Interior · 1910–1996

1. 1926Asbestos: Sources and TradeTrade Information Bulletin No. 442
2. 1932–2019Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos ChaptersMinerals Yearbook
3. 1934Asbestos: Domestic and Foreign DepositsInformation Circular 6790
4. 1935Asbestos: Milling, Marketing, and FabricationInformation Circular 6869
5. 1937Asbestos: Bureau of Mines Bulletin 403Bulletin 403
6. 1955The Asbestos IndustryBulletin 552
7. 1956Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits of Arizona (Supplement to Information Circular 7706)
8. 1959A Reconnaissance of Asbestos Deposits in the Serpentine Belt of Northern CaliforniaInformation Circular 7860
9. 1959Asbestos: A Materials SurveyInformation Circular 7880
10. 1962Mount Eddy and Shasta View Asbestos Deposits, Siskiyou County, CaliforniaReport of Investigations 5948
11. 1970Asbestos (Minerals Yearbook 1970)
12. 1973Airborne Asbestos Fiber Concentrations in Asbestos Mines and Mills in the United StatesHealth and Safety Program Technical Progress Report 72
13. 1977Selected Silicate Minerals and their Asbestiform VarietiesInformation Circular 8751

Central Intelligence Agency

1947–

1. 1962The Soviet Asbestos Industry During the Seven Year Plan, 1959–65CIA/RR ER 62-41

Coast Guard

Department of Transportation (1967–2003)

1. 1980Recommended Procedures for Control of Asbestos Hazard on Board Merchant Vessels, OCS Facilities and Deepwater Ports

Congress

Legislative branch

1. 1968Occupational Safety and Health: Hearings Before the Select Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, on H.R. 14816
2. 1973Malignant and Nonmalignant Respiratory Disease Mortality Patterns Among Asbestos Production Workers

Department of Commerce

1. 1926Asbestos: Sources and TradeTrade Information Bulletin No. 442
2. 1952Miscellaneous Metals and Minerals: History of the Miscellaneous Metals and Minerals Division of the National Production Authority
3. 1981Assessment of Asbestos Concentration on Marine Vessels: Maintenance and Repair

Department of Defense

1. 1939Annual Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Navy, Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, to the Secretary of the Navy Concerning Statistics of Diseases and Injuries in the United States Navy for the Calendar Year 1939
2. 1943Minimum Requirements for Safety and Industrial Health in Contract Shipyards
3. 1944Kenneth W. Nelson and James P. Morgan, Industrial Hygiene Survey of Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama
4. 1944W. C. Dreessen and W. E. Fleischer, Asbestosis from Amosite Pipe Covering at Bath Iron Works
5. 1951–1995Military Qualified Products List
6. 1958Military Handbook: Gasket Materials (Nonmetallic)
7. 1962Asbestosis

Department of Energy

1977–

1. 1978Asbestos: A PerspectiveORNL/TIRC-77/5

Department of Justice

1. 1981The Attorney General's Asbestos Liability Report to the Congress

Environmental Protection Agency

1970–

1. 1971Asbestos and Air Pollution: An Annotated Bibliography
2. 1971Background Information: Proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Asbestos, Beryllium, Mercury
3. 1975Asbestos Fiber AtlasEPA-650/2-75-036
4. 1978Asbestos: A BibliographyEPA-600/3-78-066
5. 1982Analysis of Fiber Release from Certain Asbestos ProductsGCA-TR-82-53-G
6. 1986Guidance for Preventing Asbestos Disease Among Auto Mechanics
7. 2000Asbestos: Hazard Summary
8. 2016Guidelines for Enhanced Management of Asbestos in Water at Ordered Demolitions, Appendices

Geological Survey

Department of the Interior · 1879–

1. 1932–2019Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos ChaptersMinerals Yearbook
2. 1962The Serpentine-Group MineralsProfessional Paper 384-A
3. 1969Asbestos Occurrence in the Eagle C-4 Quadrangle, AlaskaCircular 611
4. 1978Petrology, Structure, and Genesis of the Asbestos-Bearing Ultramafic Rocks of the Belvidere Mountain Area in Vermont: Geological Survey Professional Paper 1016
5. 1996–2025Mineral Commodity Summaries: AsbestosMineral Commodity Summaries
6. 2002Asbestos Geology, Mineralogy, Mining, and UsesOpen-File Report 02-149
7. 2006Worldwide Asbestos Supply and Consumption Trends from 1900 through 2003Circular 1298

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 1971–

1. 1972Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Asbestos
2. 1976NIOSH, Revised Recommended Asbestos Standard
3. 1980Statement of Richard A. Lemen Before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
4. 1980Workplace Exposure to Asbestos: Review and Recommendations
5. 1995Report to Congress on Workers' Home Contamination Study Conducted Under the Workers' Family Protection Act
6. 1998Atlas of Respiratory Disease Mortality, United States: 1982–1993
7. 1999Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report 1999: Asbestosis and Related Exposures
8. 2011Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongate Mineral Particles: State of the Science and Roadmap for ResearchCurrent Intelligence Bulletin 62

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Department of Labor · 1971–

1. 1972Safety Standards, Vol. 21, No. 3: Target Health Hazards: Asbestos: Airborne Danger
2. 1978OSHA Poster for Workers, AsbestosThe Motley 1000
3. 1980Workplace Exposure to Asbestos: Review and Recommendations

Office of Emergency Preparedness

Executive Office of the President

1. 1971National Stockpile Special Instructions: Asbestos, AmositeSI-4-R3

Public Health Service

1. 1930Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service on Dust Standards
2. 1935Lanza, McConnell and Fehnel, "Effects of the Inhalation of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs of Asbestos Workers"
3. 1938Dreessen and Others, A Study of Asbestosis in the Asbestos Textile Industry
4. 1958W. Clark Cooper and Lewis J. Cralley, Pneumoconiosis in Diatomite Mining and Processing
5. 1964Occupational Health Study of the Asbestos Products Industry in the United States
6. 1994Seventh Annual Report on Carcinogens: Summary
7. 2000Ninth Report on Carcinogens

U.S. Maritime Commission

Independent agency · 1936–1950

1. 1942Industrial Health Survey of the Bath Iron Works Corporation for the Maritime Commission
2. 1942Industrial Health Survey of the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation and the Todd-Bath Iron Works
3. 1943Minimum Requirements for Safety and Industrial Health in Contract Shipyards
4. 1944Kenneth W. Nelson and James P. Morgan, Industrial Hygiene Survey of Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama
5. 1944Re-Inspection Report on Safety and Industrial Health at Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
6. 1944W. C. Dreessen and W. E. Fleischer, Asbestosis from Amosite Pipe Covering at Bath Iron Works

Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries

1. 1949Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries, Recommended Safe Practices: Asbestos

Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry

1. 1934Asbestosis, Part I: The Collection and Counting of Dust Encountered in Asbestos Fabricating Plants
2. 1935Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Asbestosis, Special Bulletin No. 42The Sumner Simpson Papers

British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee

1. 1945The German Asbestos Textile, Jointing and Friction Lining IndustriesBIOS Final Report No. 701

Departmental Committee on Compensation for Industrial Diseases

Home Office · 1906–1907

1. 1907Dr. H. Montague Murray's Evidence to the Departmental Committee on Compensation for Industrial Diseases

H.M. Factory Inspectorate

Home Office, from 1940 the Ministry of Labour

1. 1899Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops for the Year 1898, Part II: Reports
2. 1930E. R. A. Merewether and C. W. Price, Report on Effects of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs
3. 1931Home Office, Report on Conferences between Employers and Inspectors on Suppressing Dust in Asbestos Textile FactoriesThe Sumner Simpson Papers
4. 1935Memorandum on the Industrial Diseases of Silicosis and Asbestosis
5. 1949Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories for the Year 1947, on Asbestosis and Lung Cancer
6. 1951Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories for the Year 1949
7. 1955Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories

Department of Mines

Mines Branch

1. 1910Chrysotile-Asbestos, Its Occurrence, Exploitation, Milling, and Uses
2. 1931Chrysotile Asbestos in Canada

Geological Survey

Department of Mines and Industries

1. 1918Asbestos in the Union of South AfricaMemoir No. 12

Work Environment Fund

1. 1977Arne Westlin, Asbestos: On Research and Regulations in SwedenThe Motley 1000

Other publishers

1. 1930Occupation and Health: Encyclopaedia of Hygiene, Pathology and Social Welfare, Volume I
2. 1934Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Volume LXIV: Part 1, Barytes in the Ceded Districts of the Madras Presidency; Part 2, Asbestos in the Ceded Districts of Madras Presidency, with Notes on Its Occurrence in Other Parts of India
3. 1942The Blue Asbestos Bearing Banded Iron Formations of the Hamersley Ranges, Western Australia (Bulletin No. 100)
4. 1945The Asbestos Textile Industry in Germany