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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1984. Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits for Selected Airborne Contaminants: Volume 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/690.
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EMERGENCY AND CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE LIMITS FOR SELECTED AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS

Volume 2

COMMITTEE ON TOXICOLOGY

Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards

Commission on Life Sciences

National Research Council

National Academy Press
Washington, D.C.
October 1984

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1984. Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits for Selected Airborne Contaminants: Volume 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/690.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The National Research Council was established by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and of advising the federal government. The Council operates in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy under the authority of its congressional charter of 1863, which establishes the Academy as a private, nonprofit, self-governing membership corporation. The Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in the conduct of their services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. It is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. The National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine were established in 1964 and 1970, respectively, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences.

This study was prepared under Contract N00014–80-C-0161 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Office of Naval Research and Contract DAMD-17–82-C-3028 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Department of the Army.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1984. Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits for Selected Airborne Contaminants: Volume 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/690.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This document reflects a continuing effort by the Committee on Toxicology to review and update earlier recommendations that were made with regard to exposure to a variety of airborne contaminants primarily of concern to the Department of Defense and to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The preparation of this document has been possible only because of the dedicated efforts of the current and many past members of the Committee on Toxicology.

The document has been evaluated in total by the current members of the Committee; however, much of the work was initially done by former members. The contributions of the following are particularly noted: Richard R.Bates, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Mass.; Donald Ecobichon, McGill University; Lawrence Fishbein, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Ark.; Peter Greenwald, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.; Ian Higgins, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Wendell Kilgore, University of California, Davis, Cal.; Leonard T.Kurland, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.; Howard Maibach, University of California, San Francisco, Cal.; H.George Mandel, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; Robert E. Menzer, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.; Charles Reinhardt, E.I.duPont de Nemours and Company, Newark, Del.; Joseph Rodricks, Environ Corporation, Washington, D.C.; Ronald C.Shank, University of California, Irvine, Cal.; Edward A.Smuckler, University of California, San Francisco, Cal.; Robert Snyder, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J.; Peter Spencer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.; and Philip Watanabe, Dow Chemical USA, Midland, Mich.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1984. Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits for Selected Airborne Contaminants: Volume 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/690.
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COMMITTEE ON TOXICOLOGY

Roger O.McClellan,

Lovelace Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico,

Chairman

Rose Dagirmanjian,

University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

David W.Gaylor,

National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas

Richard Griesemer,

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

William Halperin,

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio

Clark W.Heath, Jr.,

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Meryl Karol,

Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ronald J.Spanggord,

SRI International, Menlo Park, California

Thomas R.Tephly,

The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Lloyd B.Tepper,

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania

Clarence J.Terhaar,

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York

National Research Council Staff

Francis N.Marzulli, Project Director

Gary R.Keilson, Project Director, until September 1983

Kulbir S.Bakshi, Staff Officer

Catherine L.St. Hilaire, Staff Officer, until May 1983

Norman Grossblatt, Editor

Beulah S.Bresler, Administrative Secretary

BOARD ON TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS

Gerald N.Wogan,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts,

Chairman

Donald Hornig,

Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts,

Co-Vice-Chairman

Philip Landrigan,

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio,

Co-Vice-Chairman

John Doull,

University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas

Herman N.Eisen,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Emmanuel Farber,

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David G.Hoel,

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Richard Merrill,

University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, Virginia

Vaun A.Newill,

Exxon Corporation, New York, New York

Emil Pfitzer,

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey

Joseph V.Rodricks,

Environ Corporation, Washington, D.C.

Liane B.Russell,

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Ellen Silbergeld,

Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.

Peter Spencer,

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

National Research Council Staff

Devra Lee Davis, Executive Director

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1984. Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits for Selected Airborne Contaminants: Volume 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/690.
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CONTENTS

 

 

Introduction

 

1

 

 

Summary

 

3

 

 

Chlorine

 

5

 

 

Chlorine trifluoride

 

12

 

 

Ethanolamine

 

17

 

 

Fluorocarbon 11

 

26

 

 

Fluorocarbon 12

 

34

 

 

Fluorocarbon 21

 

41

 

 

Fluorocarbon 113

 

46

 

 

Fluorocarbon 114

 

51

 

 

Isopropyl Alcohol

 

56

 

 

Phosgene

 

69

 

 

Sodium Hydroxide

 

87

 

 

Sulfur Dioxide

 

95

 

 

Vinylidene Chloride

 

103

 

 

Xylene

 

113

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