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	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	ORGANIZATION
	Asbestos Section	A collection of links and resources on Asbestos	Occupational Safety and Health Administration

	Environmental Health Criteria 203 - Chrysotile Asbestos	Report on the percentage of workers exposed to various asbestos fiber concentrations.	World Health Organization

	Asbestos Cement Products	Though asbestos & its products may have been perceived as a health and environmental hazard, the truth is almost the opposite. Asbestos Cement is safe and eco-friendly.	Only Nature Endures

	Toxicology and Carcinogenesis	Studies of Chrysotile Asbestos in F344/N Rats. Abstracts of the report published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

	Target Organs and Levels of Evidence for NTP	Technical Report Number 295 (Chrysotile Asbestos) Produced from Chemtrack Database 07/23/96

	Lifetime Carcinogenesis	Studies of Chrysotile Asbestos in Syrian Golden Hamsters.

	Asbestos Cement Pipe	A compelling choice for developing nations

	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	ORGANIZATION
	The Asbestos National Emission	Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants	EPA

	Asbestos Fact sheet	"Non-friable materials are not likely to release (asbestos) fibers unless highly damaged. Typical non-friable materials include floor tile, mastics and cement/asbestos materials."	Environmental Information Association.

	"Asbestos"		Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000.

	Asbestos Recommendation, 1986, No. 172	The provisions of the Asbestos Convention, 1986, and of this Recommendation should be applied to all activities involving a risk of exposure of workers to asbestos in the course of work.	International Labor Organisation.

	Asbestos Convention, 1986, No. 162	This Convention applies to all activities involving exposure of workers to asbestos in the course of work	International Labor Organisation.

	Asbestos	Fact Sheet # CDFS-187-95.	Ohio State University

	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	ORGANIZATION
	Health & Safety : Asbestos	It is not necessary to remove all asbestos containing materials from a building to assure a safe workplace.	University of Louisville

	Facts On Asbestos		Asbestos Information Centre.

	Asbestos Cement Is Safe	WHO & EPA Findings

	Chrysotile Cement In Building Material And Water Pipes	Some answers to common queries	Turnnall Fibre Cement (Pvt.) Ltd

	Asbestos Cement Pipe Manufacturing Process	A/C pipe is manufactured by the Hatchek/ Mazza process.	A/C Pipe Producers Association

	Asbestos Cement highly Eco-friendly	Asbestos Cement Industry and Products are both Highly Eco-friendly	World Health Organisation

	ISO 14001 Certification	For activities related to Mining & Processing of Chrysotile Asbestos	Det Norske Veritas

	Asbestos in drinking water	Research findings up to date are too inconclusive to demonstrate a health effect from ingested asbestos fibres via drinking water	World Health Organization


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Asbestos v/s Substitutes	International Rulings on Asbestos	Information on Asbestos
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