This section includes general information on asbestos, sources of exposure and its health effects. WHO fact sheets provide basic information on asbestos and elimination of asbestos-related diseases. Information on the Rotterdam Convention in relation to asbestos is also provided.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- WHO - Elimination of asbestos-related diseases [2014]
- WHO - Fact sheet on Asbestos: elimination of asbestos-related diseases [2018]
- WHO - Chrysotile Asbestos [2014]
- Rotterdam Convention - The Rotterdam Convention Secretariat Resource Kit [accessed 2022]
- Rotterdam Convention- E-learning tool on the operation of the Rotterdam Convention [accessed 2022]
- Rotterdam Convention - Web site on Chemicals [accessed 2022]
- IARC - Asbestos: Monograph [2012]
- ILO/WHO/UNEP - Environmental Health Criteria 203: Chrysotile Asbestos [1998]
- ILO/WHO/UNEP - Environmental Health Criteria 53: Asbestos and Other Natural Mineral Fibres [1986]
- IPCS - Chrysotile. International Chemical Safety Card 0014 [2010]
- IPCS - Crocidolite. International Chemical Safety Card 1314 [2016]