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Document ID (ISN)26267
CIS number 76-1966
Year 1975
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Levinson C.
Title Work hazard: Threshold limit values for chemical agents in the workplace in the United States, Germany and Sweden 1975.
Bibliographic information International Chemical and General Workers' Federation, 58 rue de Moillebeau, 1211 Genève 19, Switzerland, 1975. 75p.
Abstract This booklet is essentially a series of lists with data: officially recognised carcinogens (as categorised in USA, Germany (Fed.Rep.) and Sweden); important irritating industrial chemicals; toxic properties of amines; 10 common groups of dermatitis agents; heavy metals by industry using them; health effects of epoxy compounds, acetates, pesticides, nitro and amino aromatics, ketones, diphenyls, organic acids, diethylene glycol ethers; labelling colours assigned to canisters or cartridges in USA. The TLV list proper contains 549 substances with formula, TLV in the 3 countries (in ppm and mg/m3), indication of whether carcinogenic, whether skin contact increases the exposure, and whether the TLV is a ceiling or a time-weighted average. Appendices: report on the ICF/URW International Conference on Occupational Health Hazards in the Chemical, Rubber and Allied Industries (Geneva, 28-30 Oct. 1974); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency principles of carcinogenicity in chemicals.
Descriptors (primary) threshold limit values; Sweden; harmful substances; Germany (Federal Republic of); USA
Descriptors (secondary) toxic effects; aromatic nitro compounds; carcinogens; ketones; biphenyls; acetates; glycol ethers; metals; aromatic amines; organic acids; epoxy compounds; pesticides; eczema; colour coding; TLV list; irritants
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Organic acids
Occupational exposure limits