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Attapulgite clay dust

Attapulgite clay dust encountered in occupational mining and processing environments.

Airborne form

dust

The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.

Health effects

respiratory disease concernmineral-dust exposure concernoccupational lung-disease concern

Evidence

A NIOSH study characterized occupational exposure and mortality experience among attapulgite clay workers, including airborne-particle and mineral-dust exposure assessment; this evidence supports treating attapulgite dust as an occupational respiratory hazard requiring exposure control, while not by itself establishing a specific cancer classification.

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Environmental characterization and mortality experience of attapulgite clay workers ... occupational health ... fibrous-dusts ... airborne-particles ... particulate-dust ... mineral-dusts ... mortality-rates.

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