| ID (ISN) del documento | 23366 |
| Número CIS |
75-1264 |
| Año |
1974 |
| Número de serie |
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| Título |
Criteria for a recommended standard: Occupational exposure to cotton dust. |
| Información bibliográfica |
HEW Publication No.(NIOSH)75-118, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, USA, 1974. 159p. Illus. 162 ref. Gratis. |
| Resumen |
Recommendations are made for the prevention of occupational diseases caused by exposure to cotton dust. A number of problems - the most important being that identity of the agent responsible for byssinosis is unknown - complicate choice of a standard, and NIOSH is unable to recommend a safe environmental limit. Occupational exposure to lint-free cotton dust (<15µm aerodynamic diameter) should be controlled to the lowest feasible limit, which current data suggests is no higher than 0.5mg/m3 in dustiest conditions, and perhaps even as low as 0.1mg/m3 in some operations. Research should be vigorously pursued. Other recommendations relate to medical supervision, posting of warning notices, personal protection, information of employees, work practices, monitoring and record keeping. The criteria on which the recommendations are based are discussed at some length under the following heads: biological effects of exposure; environmental data; development of a standard. Procedures for sampling and analysis of cotton dust in air are described in detail and useful additional information is given in appendices. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
valores umbrales; Estados Unidos; riesgos para la salud; polvos; algodón |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
revisión bibliográfica; información del personal; cultivos de algodón; bronquitis crónica; bisinosis; valoración de la exposición; avisos de alarma; encuesta epidemiológica; respiradores; investigaciones en el animal; métodos de trabajo y seguridad; relación dosis-respuesta; efectos biológicos; toma de muestras del aire; industria del algodón; vigilancia médica; directiva; lucha contra los polvos |
| Tipo de documento |
F - Notas informativas, directrices prácticas, normas |
| Tema(s) |
Polvos, aerosoles
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Occupational exposure limits
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