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Guidelines and Recommendations
CDC Guidelines and Recommendations are updated by various CDC centers and institutes in response to new scientific discoveries, to public health issues, and to disease outbreaks. Items in this collection may have been superceded or replaced. For the most up to date information, please visit the CDC home page at https://www.cdc.gov/ and search the Health Topic or Outbreak you are interested in.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/09/01
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NIOSH recommends that employee exposure to thiols in the workplace be controlled by adherence to the following sections. The recommended standard is designed to protect the health and provide for the safety of employees for up to a 10-hour workshift, in a 40-hour workweek, during a working lifetime. Compliance with all sections of their recommended
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/09/01
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This review analyzed and documented, from a health standpoint, the problems associated with the use of aldrin (309002) and dieldrin (60571). In the United States, the production of these pesticides had been banned, although certain restricted uses were allowed. Studies have indicated that the estimated acute oral toxicity for humans is 65mg/kg. Ani
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/09/01
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Recommendations for a vinyl-acetate (108054) exposure and control standard are given and material employed to determine the standard is reviewed. It is recommended that exposure to vinyl-acetate in the workplace shall be controlled so that employees are not exposed to concentrations greater than 15 milligrams per cubic meter or 4 parts per million,
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/09/01
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The report reviews current toxicity information on 4,4'-methylenebis (2-chloroaniline) and makes control recommendations. 4,4'-methylenebis (2-chloroaniline) has the formula C13H12C12N2. it is commercially important as a curing agent for diisocyanate-based polymers (polyurethanes) and epoxy resin systems. 4,4'-methylenebis (2-chloroaniline) is used
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/09/01
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Information on the toxicity and recommended exposure standards of diisocyanates is presented. Production methods and industrial uses of the chemicals are reviewed. Effects of exposure on the respiratory, immunologic and dermatologic systems in humans are discussed, along with the results of various epidemiologic and laboratory animal studies. Envir
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/09/01
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Information on the toxic effects and recommended exposure standards for antimony (7440360) is presented. Production, use and distribution data is included together with estimates of the extent of occupational exposure. Symptoms of acute and chronic poisoning in humans and laboratory animals are reviewed, along with experimental results on metabolis
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/09/01
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NIOSH considers the evidence of carcinogenicity of ethylene dichloride reported by the National Cancer Institute to be conclusive in two mammalian species (the rat and the mouse). Since ethylene dichloride causes progressive, malignant disease of various organs in two species of animals, NIOSH recommends that ethylene dichloride be considered carci
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/09/01
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Epidemiology: Currently there is a single study of UK carbon black production workers providing strong (though novel) evidence that carbon black is a late stage human lung carcinogen. This hypothesis has been given no support whatsoever from the German study of carbon black production workers, although it would be worthwhile for an IARC Working Gro
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/08/01
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NIOSH recommends in this document that workers should not be exposed to benzyl-chloride (100447) concentrations greater than 5.0mg/m3 determined as a ceiling concentration during any 15 minute sampling period. Medical surveillance for workers must include preplacement medical studies, periodic examinations at least annually, counseling of any worke
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/08/01
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A method is described for the sampling and analysis of o-tolidine (119937) , based on a method successfully used for benzidine (92875). Air is drawn through a two stage sampler consisting of a high efficiency fiber filter and a silica gel bed which collects o- tolidine and its salts. The filter and sorbent sections of the sampler are transferred to
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/07/01
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These criteria for a pesticide standard apply only to occupations in pesticide manufacturing and formulating. This includes manufacturing, formulating, packaging, mixing, blending, or repackaging of any pesticide active ingredient. Occupational exposure is defined as contact with any pesticide or other chemical during the manufacture and formulatio
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/06/01
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NIOSH recommends that employee exposure in the workplace to hydrazine, methylhydrazine, 1,1-dimethylhydrazine, 1,2-dimethylhydrazine, and phenylhydrazine, and their salts formed by addition with acids, such as sulfates, hydrochlorides, or hydrobromides, be controlled by adherence to the following sections. The standard is designed to protect the he
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/06/01
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Recommended standards and criteria to prevent hazardous workplace exposure to ketones are presented. Information on the biological effects of ketones is included along with data on environmental sampling, analysis, and control. Guidelines for permissible workplace ketone concentrations, medical monitoring procedures, labeling and posting, protectiv
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/06/01
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NIOSH recommends in this document that worker exposure to nitroglycerin (55630) (NG) and ethylene-glycol-dinitrate (628966) (EGDN) or to mixtures of these two compounds shall not exceed sampling period. Specific recommendations were listed for medical surveillance of workers, labeling and posting of hazards, requirements for personal protective equ
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/06/01
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Glycidyl ethers are characterized by the presence of a three-carbon chain with an epoxide group and an ether linkage. This recommended standard applies to monoglycidyl ethers and diglycidyl ethers that contain an alkyl group, an aromatic group, or a moiety of the structure -(RO)n-R'. It does not include any halogenated compounds or polymerized form
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/05/01
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NIOSH recommends in this document that employee exposure to inorganic lead (7439921) in the workplace be kept to a maximum of hour workday, 40 hour workweek. Inorganic lead encompassed lead oxides, metallic lead, and lead salts, excluding lead-arsenate. Recommendations were listed for medical surveillance of workers, medical examinations, labeling
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Control measures intended to reduce the potential for worker exposure to chrysene (218019) were described. The primary emphasis was placed on engineering controls including process enclosures and local exhaust ventilation; the use of personal protective equipment such as coveralls, rubber gloves, and appropriate respirators; the posting of warning
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/04/01
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NIOSH recommends in this document that employee exposure to hydroquinone (123319) be limited to 2.0mg/m3, about 0.44 parts per million, as a ceiling concentration during a 15 minute collection period. Recommendations were provided for medical surveillance steps, environmental monitoring, labeling and posting of hazards, use of personal protective c
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/03/01
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Criteria for recommended standard occupational exposure to cresol (93516) have been established and are presented. Criteria and recommendations for cresol apply to the o, m, p, isomers or to any combination of the three isomers in a mixture. In addition, these criteria and recommendations will apply to cresylic-acid (93516) mixtures that contain cr
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1978/03/01
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Criteria for a recommended standard occupational exposure to Dinitro- ortho-cresol (534521) (DNOC) have been established, and are presented. Criteria and recommendations for DNOC apply to exposure to any DNOC isomer or to any salts of DNOC. The 4,6 isomer of DNOC is of particular commercial importance as a blossom thinning agent on fruit trees and
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