RT Report
T1 Selected Synthetic Organic Fibres - Environmental Health Criteria 151
A1 World Health Organization, 
K1 carbon
K1 environmental health
K1 graphite
K1 aramid
K1 epidemiology
K1 toxic substance
SN 92 4 157151 9
YR 1993
FD 1993
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29471
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29471
NO This document is a review of occupational and environmental exposure to selected synthetic organic fibres. The particular fibres covered in this document have been selected because they are the only ones for which some toxicological data are available, and they are probably of most importance in terms of production volumes and potential for human exposure. Carbon/graphite fibres are filamentary forms of carbon produced by high-temperature processing of one of three precursor materials:     rayon (regenerated cellulose), pitch (coal tar or petroleum residue) or polyacrylonitrile (PAN).
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 21, 2026