Article
The Origin and Development of the Asbestos Threshold Limit Value: Scientific Indifference and Corporate Influence
International Journal of Health Services
Publication Date
10-1-1995
Abstract
Several recent articles have critiqued the process employed by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists in determining Threshold Limit Values. Criticisms have included inadequate data collection, inadequate research, excessive corporate influence, and slow response to informational changes. In this article, the authors address the historical development of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists' asbestos exposure guideline. They demonstrate that the proposed guideline was known to be inadequate when it was first proposed, was severely criticized between 1946 and 1968, but nonetheless was promulgated annually and remained unchanged until 1971.
Publisher
Sage
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2190/EXVJ-RR1P-AYCG-1WH6
Disciplines
Citation Information
David S. Egilman and Alexander A. Reinert. "The Origin and Development of the Asbestos Threshold Limit Value: Scientific Indifference and Corporate Influence" International Journal of Health Services Vol. 25 (1995) p. 667 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alexander_reinert/163/