MEASUREMENT OF ASBESTOS DUST LEVELS IN BRITISH ASBESTOS FACTORIES IN THE 1930S

Since the early reports of the deleterious health effects of asbestos first appeared in the British literature, the paucity of information o n dust levels has been decried. Research into archival material report ing various methods of assessing asbestos dust levels in British facto ries during the 1930s indicates that these levels were high indeed. (C ) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.