An Environmental Evaluation of Dust Suppressants: Calcium Chloride and Ligninsulfonates

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• Personal Author:
  Baker DA ; Baker TM ; Gleason JR ; Singer RD ; Stevens JB
• Description:
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current literature on the use of calcium chloride and ligninsulfonates as dust suppressants with respect to potential adverse effects on health or the environment. Calcium chloride poses little internal hazard to man and animals, but toxicity to vegetation in and around the area of application should be expected. The effects, however, should be considerably less than those observed from using calcium chloride as a road deicer. Except for trout, ligninsulfonates seem to pose little direct systemic toxicity problems in aquatic organisms, animals and man or any problem with local vegetation. Because of a greater volume of information on its use and effects, calcium chloride is recommended over ligninsulfonates. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-35
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10002653
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-171967
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/83-171967; :1-35
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/83-171967
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5c879d0e33fe0a16579dabb783c53dd909f0c8063204c500fc17634ce67885eed556efb955dce8fdd5b8bc4d1df3a9c80300e86289ad3efc4daa93292a5be235
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206633/cdc_206633_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.63 MB ]