Residential Proximity to Naturally Occurring Asbestos and Mesothelioma Risks: Further Consideration of Exposure Misclassification and Occupational Confounding

This review examined the main issues debated in Korea regarding the production and use of materials containing naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) as impurities, and investigated the impacts of these debates on the asbestos ban, as well as the future implications. In Korea, incidents associated with the production and use of NOA-contaminated talc powders, construction rocks, serpentinites, and dolomite rocks raised public concern and led to accelerating the ban on asbestos. The main controversies concern policies on appropriate asbestos content limits, whether materials containing a trace amount of NOA should be banned, and the control of materials with high human exposure risk. To address recurring controversies, the implementation of preventive measures to manage elongated mineral particles and the use of transmission electron microscopy for more sensitive analysis need to be discussed, along with reaching social agreement on the controversial policies. To minimize the potential exposure to asbestos that may occur during the production and use of industrial minerals in the future, it is necessary to apply occupational exposure control measures and monitor the health effects of the relevant population groups. These national policies on NOA should be prepared based on close collaboration and discussion with policymakers, industry stakeholders, and related academic experts.

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A Study of Asbestos Characteristics and Correlation of Environmental Factors in Naturally Occurring Asbestos Areas

Journal of The Korean Society of Living Environmental System ◽

10.21086/ksles.2015.10.22.5.639 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (5) ◽

pp. 639 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Joon-sig Jung ◽

Hyun-sung Jung ◽

Ju-yeong Lee ◽

Woo-seok Lee ◽

Oh-sang Kwon ◽

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Keyword(s):

Environmental Factors ◽

Naturally Occurring ◽

Naturally Occurring Asbestos

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Overview of Naturally Occurring Asbestos in California and Southwestern Nevada

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience ◽

10.2113/eeg-2282 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 9-14

Author(s):

R. Mark Bailey

Keyword(s):

Sierra Nevada ◽

North American ◽

Volcanic Belt ◽

Island Arc ◽

North American Plate ◽

Mountain Range ◽

The North ◽

Rock Types ◽

Naturally Occurring ◽

Naturally Occurring Asbestos

ABSTRACT Naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) is being discovered in a widening array of geologic environments. The complex geology of the state of California is an excellent example of the variety of geologic environments and rock types that contain NOA. Notably, the majority of California rocks were emplaced during a continental collision of eastward-subducting oceanic and island arc terranes (Pacific and Farallon plates) with the westward continental margin of the North American plate between 65 and 150 MY BP. This collision and accompanying accretion of oceanic and island arc material from the Pacific plate onto the North American plate, as well as the thermal events caused by emplacement of the large volcanic belt that became today's Sierra Nevada mountain range, are the principal processes that produced the rocks where the majority of NOA-bearing units have been identified.

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Naturally occurring asbestos in an alpine ophiolitic complex (northern Corsica, France)

Environmental Earth Sciences ◽

10.1007/s12665-019-8548-x ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 78 (17) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Didier Lahondère ◽

Florence Cagnard ◽

Guillaume Wille ◽

Jéromine Duron

Keyword(s):

Naturally Occurring ◽

Naturally Occurring Asbestos ◽

Ophiolitic Complex

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