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A page from The Lancet's Community Health section, with an unsigned article summarizing the 1983 report by E. D. Acheson and M. J. Gardner to the UK Health and Safety Commission on the workplace control limit for asbestos. It reports their conclusions on amosite, crocidolite and chrysotile, dose-response for lung cancer, and mesothelioma, and their recommendations. A second, unrelated article on anti-smoking campaigns shares the page. unreviewed
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- Published by
- The Lancet
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1314
- Date
- August 6, 1983
- Number
- Bates A01563
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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"ASBESTOS: THE BLUE, THE BROWN, AND THE WHITE." The Lancet, 1983.
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- Central Electricity Generating Board (named)
- H.M. Stationery Office (named)
- Health and Safety Commission (named)
- Health and Safety Executive (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Amosite: Brown Asbestos and the US Navy · Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Crocidolite: Blue Asbestos, the Deadliest Type · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated.
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This is document UC-1314 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 1 page. Production numbers A01563.
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“The Lancet, "Asbestos: The Blue, the Brown, and the White" (Community Health column on the Acheson and Gardner report on asbestos limits).” August 6, 1983. Union Carbide documents, UC-1314, Bates A01563. The Lancet. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1314.
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