Abstract
Almost exactly 100 years ago, the mining and milling of asbestos began, reaching peak production in the early 1970s. Since then, because of the cancer hazard, the asbestos industry has gone into rapid decline and its very survival put in doubt. Production of manmade mineral fibres (MMMF) has followed a parallel trend, with a lag of about 50 years, and is now faced by similar fears. Few if any environmental agents have been subjected to such intense biological research as mineral fibres, for good reason, and their economic importance is equalled only by the threat they pose.
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McDonald, J.C. (1990). Cancer Risks Due to Asbestos and Man-Made Fibres. In: Band, P. (eds) Occupational Cancer Epidemiology. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 120. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84068-5_9
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