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Ann. occup. Hyg., Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 379-380, 2004
© 2004 British Occupational Hygiene Society
Published by Oxford University Press

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Respirable Crystalline Silica—Phase 1: Variability in fibrogenic potency and exposure–response relationships for silicosis. Hazard assessment document. EH75/4 Health & Safety Executive 2002. ISBN 0 7176 2374 2. 80 pp. Respirable Crystalline Silica—Phase 2: Carcinogenicity. Hazard assessment document. EH75/5 Health & Safety Executive 2003. ISBN 0 7176 2191 X. 91 pp.

FAYE L. RICE

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, OH, USA

Published online on 20 May 2004;

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The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has carried out a detailed review on crystalline silica and published it as two documents in their Hazard Assessment Document series; both documents are reviewed here. Hazard Assessment Documents are produced to facilitate the development of a regulatory position on a specific health-related issue. Phase 1 of this HSE project addresses the issues of variability of fibrogenicity and quality of silicosis exposure–response data, while Phase 2 reviews the evidence with regard to carcinogenicity of respirable crystalline silica (RCS).

The first document deals with the basic yet complex question of whether all RCS exposures are equally fibrogenic, regardless of form or other characteristics. A familiar topic of debate in the silica policy arena is whether a particular crystalline silica-containing dust, e.g. dust generated . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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