The health effects of chrysotile asbestos : contribution of science to risk-management decisions

I was grateful for the opportunity to review this issue from the authoritative Special Publication series of The Canadian Mineralogist. The volume presents the proceedings of an international workshop held in September 1997 in Montr6al. Although the title only mentions chrysotile, which is a serpentine mineral, I should point out at the outset that the other forms of asbestos, the amphiboles, are also