Exposure to Amosite-Containing Ceiling Boards in a Public School in Switzerland: A Case Study

Autor: Horacio Herrera, Olivier Duperrex, Isabelle Rossi, Vincent Perret, Frederic Regamey, David Vernez, Michel Guillemin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
Mesothelioma
medicine.medical_specialty
amosite
Lung Neoplasms
Adolescent
Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis
school
Population
Ceiling (cloud)
medicine.disease_cause
Risk Assessment
Asbestos
Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
ceiling boards
Environmental health
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
education
Child
education.field_of_study
Air Pollutants
Schools
Health risk assessment
Dose-Response Relationship
Drug
business.industry
Construction Materials
Public health
Mesothelioma
Malignant
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
asbestos
030210 environmental & occupational health
Air Pollution
Indoor
Life expectancy
health risk assessment
Female
Air Pollutants/analysis
Air Pollution
Indoor/analysis
Asbestos
Amosite/analysis
Environmental Monitoring
Switzerland
Asbestos
Amosite
business
Risk assessment
Exposure data
Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 16, no. 24, pp. 5069
Volume 16
Issue 24
ISSN: 1660-4601
1661-7827
Popis: The measurement of an airborne concentration in Amosite fibers above 5035 F/m3 in a school prompted a retrospective quantitative health risk assessment. Dose estimates were built using air measurements, laboratory experiments, previous exposure data, and interviews. A dose response model was adapted for amosite-only exposure and adjusted for the life expectancy and lung cancer incidence in the Swiss population. The average yearly concentrations found were 52&ndash
320 F/m3. The high concentration previously observed was not representative of the average exposure in the building. Overall, the risk estimates for the different populations of the school were low and in the range of 2 ×
10&minus
6 to 3 ×
5 for mesothelioma and 4 ×
7 to 8 ×
6 for lung cancer. The results evidenced however that children have to be considered at higher risk when exposed to asbestos, and that the current reference method and target values are of limited use for amphibole-only exposures. This study confirmed that quantitative health risk assessments and participatory approaches are powerful tools to support public decisions and build constructive communication between exposed people, experts, and policy-makers.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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