Twelfth Interim Report of the Subcommittee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309095884
eISBN Pdf: 9780309548656
eISBN Epub: 9780309165266
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 2005
Month: February
Pages: 67
Language: English

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Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs), as defined in the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars or trucks used in transporting these substances, or intentionally through terrorist activities. It is also feasible that these substance can be released by improper storage and/or handling. Workers and residents in communities surrounding industrial facilities where EHSs are manufactured, used, or stored and in communities along the nation's railways and highways are potentially at risk of being exposed to airborne EHSs during accidental and intentional releases.

This report provides technical guidance on establishing community Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for certain hazardous chemicals. It reviews the scientific validity of AEGLs developed by the national Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances, identifies research priorities, and identifies guidance issues that may require modification or further development based on the toxicological database for the chemicals reviewed. This twelfth interim report offers recommendations for improving AEGLs for the following 15 chemicals: toluene, xylenes, ammonia, bromine, aniline, methyl ethyl ketone, hydrazine, iron pentacarbonyl, phosphine, chlorine, trifluoride, ethyleneimine, propyleneimine, allyl alcohol, ethylene oxide, and nickel carbonyl.

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Twelfth Interim Report of the Subcommittee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels
- BACKGROUND
- THE CHARGE TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE
- COMMENTS ON TOLUENE
- COMMENTS ON XYLENES
- COMMENTS ON AMMONIA
- COMMENTS ON BROMINE
- COMMENTS ON ANILINE
- COMMENTS ON METHYL ETHYL KETONE
- COMMENTS ON HYDRAZINE
- COMMENTS ON IRON PENTACARBONYL
- COMMENTS ON PHOSPHINE
- COMMENTS ON CHLORINE TRIFLUORIDE
- COMMENTS ON ETHYLENEIMINE
- COMMENTS ON PROPYLENIMINE
- COMMENTS ON ALLYL ALCOHOL
- COMMENTS ON ETHYLENE OXIDE
- COMMENTS ON NICKEL CARBONYL

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