ASBESTOS IN DRINKING WATER AND CANCER INCIDENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO

The Mesothelioma Research Foundation of America

The occurrence of asbestos fibers in drinking water supplies became a subject of concern in 1973 when 1-74 million asbestos-like fibers per liter were reported in Duluth, Minnesota drinking water supply (1,2). The question of possible increased cancers in the general population resulting from long-term ingestion of asbestos fibers in drinking waters is of importance because of the well-documented relationships between occupational asbestos exposures and increased respiratory and digestive cancers in exposed workers.

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