Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants

Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants

Volume 3

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309143790
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309143806
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309145671
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2009
  • Month: September
  • Pages: 191
  • Language: English
U.S. Navy personnel who work on submarines are in an enclosed and isolated environment for days or weeks at a time when at sea. Unlike a typical work environment, they are potentially exposed to air contaminants 24 hours a day. To protect workers from potential adverse health effects due to those conditions, the U.S. Navy has established exposure guidance levels for a number of contaminants. The Navy asked a subcommittee of the National Research Council (NRC) to review, and develop when necessary, exposure guidance levels for specific contaminants.

This volume, the third in a series, recommends 1-hour and 24-hour emergency exposure guidance levels (EEGLs) and 90-day continuous exposure guidance levels (CEGLs) for acetaldehyde, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen sulfide, and propylene glycol dinitrate.
  • FrontMatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Acetaldehyde
  • 3 Hydrogen Chloride
  • 4 Hydrogen Fluoride
  • 5 Hydrogen Sulfide
  • 6 Propylene Glycol Dinitrate
  • Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants
  • Appendix B: Statement of Task
  • Glossary

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