title: [Airborne asbestos fibers: law references, TLV, considerations].
abstract: The ACGIH proposal of 0.1 fibers/liter as TLV for airborne asbestos fibers isn't a properly parameter, because it is applicable in work environments and the Italian legislation has forbidden every work which employs asbestos from 1993 [Law 257/92 and Min.Dec. 6/9/94]. Actually in Italy the application of a TLV is only referred to two analytical results: A) 20 ff/liter by CPOM analysis, B) 2 ff/liter by SEM analysis. We think that a CPOM 4-5 ff/liter is a no trespassing limit and over this concentration alarm may be notified. Waste disposal of asbestos materials must be properly disposed in a restricted area.
authors.affiliation: Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Clinica del Lavoro e della Riabilitazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Centro Medico di Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Massola
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis*; D001194:Asbestos / Q000032:analysis*; D007558:Italy; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020711:Threshold Limit Values
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D001194:Asbestos