Report on Cancer Risks Associated with the Ingestion of Asbestos

By United Nations

Book Id: WPLBN0000195319
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 1.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Report on Cancer Risks Associated with the Ingestion of Asbestos
Author:	United Nations
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: Probable sources of asbestos in drinking water include rain water that has run off asbestos cement shingle roofs into cisterns (lo), asbestos cement pipe used for transporting water (11), past indiscriminate dumping of asbestos-containing materials into sources of drinking water (I$), and the natural leaching process in the ground and surface watershed. The amount of asbestos can vary widely depending on the location and the areas geological composition (9). While asbestos contamination may not be a universal problem in all water supplies, there have been a number of reports of asbestos in the groundwater and the surface waters of several locations (12,13). Although one report indicates that run-off water from asphalt shingles containing asbestos as a binder did not appear to contribute substantially to asbestos fibers found in cistern waters (IS), a second report found concentrations as high as 500 million fibersiL in cisterns supplied with run-off water from asbestos cement shingle roofs (10).