Aerogel Nanoporous Insulation Products

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Aerogel insulation blankets are used to insulate high heat or very cold applications. They contain nano-sized air pockets that help increase its effectiveness. Aerogel manufacturers say that engineered nanomaterials are not added to their aerogel products. Some aerogel insulations also contain titanium dioxide. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classifies titanium dioxide as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” based on studies with animals. Hand tools are typically used to cut the blankets, which creates dust. The dust is small enough to get down into the lungs and can cause eye irritation, nosebleeds, sneezing, coughing, dermatitis, dry and cracked skin, and occasionally wheezing.
  
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training. All rights reserved. CPWR is the research and training arm of NABTU. Production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIOSH.
  
  publications_Nanoporous-TBT.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Construction Materials Nanopores OccupationaL Exposure
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  cooperative agreement OH 009762
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061492
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f9a75f665028d06a868a553ad756b6a99ed0ad7474efc0d1e6dd9d7da7446248f16590b84ef3469bfc07d0302e70a9aa0a922b2e188f6bd01e333562c083dbfb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/140866/cdc_140866_DS1.pdf
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