Libby Amphibole Asbestos
CASRN 1318-09-8 | DTXSID70873869
- Toxicological Review (PDF) (685 pp, 8.1 MB)
- IRIS Summary (PDF) (36 pp, 350.6 KB)
- Supporting Documents for Libby Amphibole Asbestos
IRIS Toxicological Review of Libby Amphibole Asbestos (Interagency Science Consultation Draft)
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Overview
Citation
Background
Libby Amphibole asbestos is a complex mixture of amphibole fibers, both mineralogically and morphologically. The mixture primarily includes tremolite, winchite, and richterite fibers with trace amounts of magnesioriebeckite, edenite, and magnesio-arfvedsonite. These fibers exhibit a range of morphologies (e.g. prismatic, ascicular, asbestiform)(Meeker et al., 2003).
History/Chronology
Date | Description |
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Aug 2007 | The Libby Amphibole Asbestos assessment was initiated in 2007. It was nominated for assessment by the IRIS Program because it supports OSWER and Region 8 site clean-up and related risk management initiatives at this Superfund site. An assessment for Libby Amphibole Asbestos is not currently on IRIS. |
May 2011 | EPA hosted an interagency science consultation on the draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Libby Amphibole Asbestos. |
Aug 2011 | EPA released the External Review Draft for public review and comment, and announced the public listening session would be held on October 6, 2011. [Federal Register Notice Aug 25, 2011] |
Status
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- IRIS Toxicological Review of Libby Amphibole Asbestos (Interagency Science Consultation Draft) (PDF) (483 pp, 5.2 MB, about PDF)
- Charge to External Peer Reviewers (PDF) (5 pp, 87.9 KB, about PDF)
- EPA's response and comments from the Interagency Science Consultation Meeting (PDF) (93 pp, 2.0 MB, about PDF)
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