title: [Hygienic-medical evaluation of the environmental presence of asbestos].
abstract: The importance of environmental pollution by asbestos fibers is stressed, regardless of the more specific pollution in workshops and factories. Indeed, due to the presence of asbestos in a great variety of products, air, water, food, and indoor pollution has become more and more widespread and is reaching fairly high concentrations so as to constitute a serious risk to general health, especially by its carcinogenic effect. The highly technical problem of prevention is also broached. This may lead to specific and even global decontamination provided legislation is drastic, controls are severe and continuous and the public is thoroughly informed.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Igiene G. Sanarelli, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Melino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Luca d'Alessandro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pasquarella
mesh_terms: D001194:Asbestos; D003252:Construction Materials; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D016273:Occupational Exposure
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D001194:Asbestos
vernacular_title: Valutazione igienico-sanitaria sulla presenza di amianto nell'ambiente.