| Document ID (ISN) | 33978 |
| CIS number |
80-1320 |
| Year |
1980 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Title |
Special occupational hazard review for benzidine-based dyes. |
| Bibliographic information |
DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No.80-109, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA, 1980. 60p. 79 ref. |
| Abstract |
Contents of this report: characteristics of benzidine-based dyes; characteristics of exposure (manufacture and uses, production volume, extent of occupational exposure); biological effects (human and animal cancer and metabolic studies); evaluation and conclusions (all these dyes should be recognised as potential human carcinogens); work practices and control recommendations (limitation of access; local exhaust ventilation; enclosure; pelleting; use of double packages with a water-soluble inner package; protective clothing; monitoring in air and urine). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
carcinogens; benzidine; dyestuff industry; azo compounds |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
metabolic process; 4-aminobiphenyl; Direct Black 38; 2,4-diaminoazobenzene; round-up; Direct Blue 6; dyes; limitation of exposure; biological effects; Direct Brown 95 |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Aromatic amines
Chemical industry
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