Review of the U.S. Navy's exposure standard for manufactured vitreous fibers

Review of the U.S. Navy's exposure standard for manufactured vitreous fibers /

Manufactured vitreous fibers (MVF), also known as synthetic vitreous fibers, are generally considered to be less hazardous than asbestos to human health. They are used in a variety of thermal- and acoustical-insulation applications, frequently as an asbestos substitute or as a filtration medium. The...

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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Toxicology. Subcommittee on Manufactured Vitreous Fibers (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington D.C. : National Academies Press, 2000
Series:Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Subjects:
United States. > Navy.
Navy Environmental Health Center (U.S.)
Glass fibers.
Threshold limit values (Industrial toxicology)
Mineral Fibers > adverse effects
Maximum Allowable Concentration
Air Pollutants, Occupational > adverse effects
Glass
Ceramics > adverse effects
Occupational Exposure > standards
Guidelines as Topic
glass fiber.
fiberglass (composite material)
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