Abstract
Historical regulatory efforts to control human exposure to asbestos in the U.S. are reviewed. With the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1971, significant changes occurred. The principal manufacturers of asbestos products undertook major dust control projects and were generally in compliance with OSHA requirements. However, current occupational standards must be reassessed in the light of newly available data on asbestos health effects, including cancer, and workplace environments must be controlled accordingly. Few standards exist for the control of environmental asbestos exposures, particularly those in buildings containing asbestos in friable, thermal, fire, or acoustic insulation materials.
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