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Document ID (ISN)20538
CIS number 74-488
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Title Criteria for a recommended standard: Occupational exposure to inorganic arsenic.
Bibliographic information National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 20402, USA, 1973. 105 p. Illus. 87 ref. Price: US-$1.25.
Abstract Recommendations are made for the prevention of occupational diseases caused by exposure to elemental arsenic and its inorganic compounds other than arsine and lead arsenate. The time-weighted average (TWA) exposure should not exceed 0.05 mg As/m3 over a 40-hour week. Other requirements relate to medical supervision, labelling, personal protection, information of employees, work practices, sanitation, monitoring and keeping of records. The criteria upon which the recommendations are based are discussed at some length under the following headings: biological effects of exposure; environmental data and biological evaluation; development of the standard. Procedures for the sampling and analysis of arsenic in air and its determination in urine are described in detail and useful additional information is given in appendices.
Descriptors (primary) threshold limit values; arsenic; USA
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey; draft standard; health engineering; warning notices; personal protective equipment; animal experiments; information of personnel; biological effects; sampling and analysis; air sampling; determination in air; medical supervision; determination in urine; dose-response relationship
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Occupational exposure limits
Arsenic and compounds
Inorganic substances