Risk assessment for asbestos-related cancer from the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.
| Autor: | Nolan RP; Center for Applied Studies of the Environment & Earth and Environmental Sciences of the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, NY 10016, USA. rnolan@gc.cuny.edu, Ross M, Nord GL, Axten CW, Osleeb JP, Domnin SG, Price B, Wilson R |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine [J Occup Environ Med] 2005 Aug; Vol. 47 (8), pp. 817-25. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.jom.0000167273.17109.6d |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: We sought to estimate the lifetime risk of asbestos-related cancer for residents of Lower Manhattan attributable to asbestos released into the air by the 9/11 attack on New York City's World Trade Center (WTC). Methods: Exposure was estimated from available data and reasoned projections based on these data. Cancer risk was assessed using an asbestos risk model that differentiates asbestos fiber-types and the US Environmental Protection Agency's model that does not differentiate fiber-types and combines mesothelioma and lung cancer risks. Results: The upper limit for the expected number of asbestos-related cancers is less than one case over the lifetime of the population for the risk model that is specific for fiber-types and 12 asbestos-related cancers with the US Environmental Protection Agency's model. Conclusions: The cancer risk associated with asbestos exposures for residents of Lower Manhattan resulting from the collapse of the WTC is negligible. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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