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Document ID (ISN)101809
CIS number 03-817
ISBN(s) 83-87354-53-8
Year 1999
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Pośniak M.
Title Chemical hazards in selected technological processes
Original title Zagrożenia chemiczne w wybranych procesach technologicznych [in Polish]
Bibliographic information Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy, ul. Czerniakowska 16, 00-701 Warszawa, Poland, 1999. 171p. Illus. Bibl.ref.
Abstract This publication is aimed at persons responsible for assessing occupational exposure to harmful substances involved in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene and its compounds, polyurethanes, as well as in the rubber industry and during impregnation. For each substance or process, it discusses sources of chemical hazards, health effects, sampling and analysis methods in the work environment, methods of hazard control and methods of neutralizing the harmful substances. See also CIS 03-804, which covers several other industrial processes.
Descriptors (primary) polyurethanes; rubber industry; polystyrene; plastics industry; harmful substances; chemical hazards; health hazards; polyvinyl chloride
Descriptors (secondary) carcinogens; chemical analysis; chlorobutadiene; styrene; butadiene-styrene rubber; methylene diisocyanate; tolylene diisocyanate; natural rubber; thermochemical properties; chemical reactions; toxicology; neutralization; impregnation; conditions of work; limitation of exposure; hazard evaluation; determination in air; vinyl chloride
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvincePoland
Subject(s) Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Chemical industry
Rubber industry
Plastics industry