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Asbestos Trends Worldwide, with Richard Lemen
EHP: The Researcher's Perspective
English - April 01, 2011 16:00 - 10 minutes - 7.31 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNatural Sciences Science environmental health science natural sciences raleigh Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Benchmarks of Toxicology, with Peter Goering
The International Agency for Research on Cancer, the National Toxicology Program, and the Environmental Protection Agency all declared asbestos a known human carcinogen decades ago. Yet U.S. imports of crude chrysotile asbestos fibers rose by 235% between 2009 and 2010, and use is also on the rise in many industrializing, developing countries. Richard Lemen tells host Ashley Ahearn what's driving this growth and how asbestos is currently used worldwide. Visit the podcast webpage to download a full transcript of this podcast.