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Industrial hygiene study of the Gouverneur Talc Company, number one mine amd mill at Balmat, New York, volume II: talc bulk sample analyses.
Authors
Dement JM; Zumwalde RD
Source
Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 36-12b, 1976 Oct; :1-33
NIOSHTIC No.
00106057
Abstract
Samples of bulk talc (14807966) produced by the R. T. Vanderbilt Gouverneur Talc Company (SIC-1496) number one mine in Balmat, New York, were collected and analyzed for asbestos (1332214) content on December 12, 1975. Ten milligrams of each sample from seven talc suppliers were prepared and analyzed by transmission electron microscopy. Asbestiform anthophyllite (1332214) and fibrous tremolite (1332214) comprised 67 to 88 and 4 to 12 percent of the fibers present in the samples, respectively. Chrysotile (1332214) was found in trace amounts in two of the seven samples analyzed. Recommendations were made to apply asbestos warning labels to the seven bulk talcs.
Keywords
NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-2; Mining-industry; Mineral-dusts; Asbestos-dusts; Dust-analysis; Health-survey; Sampling; Analytical-methods; Fibrous-bodies; IWS-36-12b
CAS No.
14807-96-6; 1332-21-4; 1332-21-4; 1332-21-4; 1332-21-4
Publication Date
19761001
Document Type
Field Studies; Industry Wide
Fiscal Year
1977
NTIS Accession No.
PB81-224719
NTIS Price
A04
Identifying No.
IWS-36-12b
NIOSH Division
DSHEFS
SIC Code
1496
Source Name
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
State
NY; OH
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