Asbestos in Developing Countries: Magnitude of Risk and Its Practical Implications From: Human and Ecological Risk Assessment | Date: February 1, 2005| Author: Gupta, Rohit K; Joshi, Tushar K | Copyright CRC Press Feb 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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In developing countries, aggressive marketing of chrysotile asbestos continues as a result of restrictions on its use being imposed by the developed countries. In the Asian continent, China and India are emerging as the major users of asbestos. There is enough evidence to link chrysotile with pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer in humans, even at low levels of exposure, hence the need to apply the Precautionary Principle for phasing out its use globally. Due to poor occupationa...

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