United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Salt Lake Technical Center, Sandy, UT, USA.
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2018 Dec 15;361:165-167. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2018.08.017. Epub 2018 Aug 23.
The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established to provide guidance to protect workers from hazards in the workplace. After broadly adopting extant health and safety standards, OSHA promulgated an expanded standard for regulation of asbestos. This standard provided for regulation of six named minerals and practices to be followed. Since the initial establishment of asbestos regulation by OSHA, other elongate particles have been considered for evaluation. This discussion describes the evolution of the OSHA regulations for asbestos, what they cover and how other materials might be regulated if they are found to pose a health risk.
美国职业安全与健康管理局（OSHA）的成立旨在为保护工人免受工作场所危害提供指导。在广泛采用现有健康和安全标准后，OSHA 颁布了一项扩大的石棉监管标准。该标准规定了对六种指定矿物质和应遵循的做法的监管。自 OSHA 最初制定石棉监管标准以来，其他长形颗粒也被考虑进行评估。本讨论描述了 OSHA 石棉监管规定的演变，涵盖的内容以及如果发现其他材料存在健康风险可能如何进行监管。
