Dioxin Registry Report of Monsanto Company, Nitro, West Virginia

Details

• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Marlow, David A. ; Fingerhut, Marilyn A. ; Piacitelli, Laurie A.
• Description:
  Information was collected concerning the Monsanto Company, Nitro, West Virginia, for the purpose of evaluating the procedures and the data available to determine if this company would be suitable for inclusion in a study of the causes of death among workers exposed to products contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (1746016) (TCDD) or hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (HxCDD). Sodium- 2,4,5-trichlorophenate (Na-2,4,5-TCP) and 2,4,5- trichlorophenoxyacetic-acid (2,4,5-T-acid) were produced at the facility, and both compounds have been shown to be contaminated with TCDD. Based on the information gathered from Monsanto concerning Na- 2,4,5-TCP and 2,4,5-T-acid production processes, the workers involved were suitable for inclusion in the NIOSH Dioxin Registry study. Work histories for these workers could be constructed. Descriptions of the tasks performed in the various processes through the years were available. Analytical data was available for the years 1958 through 1969 and could be combined with the work histories, the knowledge of the tasks performed, and the concentration of TCDD in the 2,4,5-T-acid. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dioxins Environmental Pollution Hydrocarbons Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; IWS-117-20; Region-3; Chlorinated-hydrocarbons; Environmental-contamination; Chemical-manufacturing-industry; Chemical-industry-workers; Dioxins
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 117-20, 1989 Aug; :1-112
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  114 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00194438
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-107961
• CAS Registry Number:
  2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (CAS RN 1746-01-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:56663cdf9ad3486a73ce0fdfbdc24ebdfe6d81faad9c87d714ab87f19a51e922e41a4782f2d541d6defc3edee17a0f3aeadb5cf810de958f3f0e0ee1d47411b2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120072/cdc_120072_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.24 MB ]