Claims that asbestos is not hazardous to health is wrong, say researchers By Prof. Arthur L Frank and Dr. Aseni Wickramatillake A response to Prof. Ravindra Fernando’s article View(s): View(s):In a recent commentary piece in the Sunday Times of January 14, Prof. Ravindra Fernando tried to make the claim that chrysotile asbestos is safe and “is not harmful or hazardous to health”. all these institutions document that chrysotile asbestos is indeed carcinogenic and OSHA even states, as have scientists in the past, that there is no known safe level of exposure to asbestos. As for the United States, where it regrettably is still a legal product, use has almost disappeared with about 1000 tons now imported compared to 803,000 tons at its peak use. Prof. Fernando notes that the United States Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) is 0.1 fiber per cubic metre. (Dr. Aseni Wickramatillake, MBBS, MPH, Consultant in Occupational Safety and Health Sri Lanka)

Source: Sunday Times February 10, 2018 21:33 UTC