Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-83-444-1481: Georgetown University; Washington, D.C.

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• Personal Author:
  Gorman, Richard W. ; Seligman, Paul J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and area air samples were analyzed for chlordane (12789036) at Lauinger Library, Georgetown University (SIC-8231), Washington, DC, in October 1983. NIOSH was requested to evaluate residual chlordane concentrations following cleanup of an accidental spill that occurred 6 months earlier. Several employees had experienced headaches, nausea, and irritability following the incident. Twelve current and one former employee were interviewed. Blood samples were collected and analyzed for chlordane and the chlordane metabolites heptachlor-epoxide (1024573) and oxychlordane (27304138). Air samples contained 0.1 to 0.3 microgram per cubic meter (microg/m3) chlordane and wipe samples contained 0.1 to 500microg/m3. Ten employees reported having dermal or inhalation exposure to the spill. Three reported having gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, while six others had gastrointestinal symptoms alone or isolated neurological symptoms after the incident. No chlordane was found in any of the blood samples. Only one sample had a detectable amount, 2 parts per billion of heptachlor- epoxide plus oxychlordane. The authors conclude that cleanup of the spill has effectively removed all but trace amounts of chlordane. The authors recommend monitoring quarterly for 1 year to insure that chlordane concentrations do not increase.
• Subjects:
  Blood Hematologic Tests Insecticides Nervous System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Blood-analysis Chlordane Hazards-Unconfirmed Heptachlor Epoxide HETA-83-444-1481 Libraries Neurophysiological-effects NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 3 Oxychlordane Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA834441481
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  25 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00146775
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-220895
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 83-444-1481, 1984 Jul ; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chlordane (CAS RN 12789-03-6) ; Epoxyheptachlor (CAS RN 1024-57-3) ; Oxychlordane (CAS RN 27304-13-8)
• Editor(s):
  Kidd, Connie L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8231 - Libraries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:20eee454d87d539617b6719646cb465e5cf17e250b9cd01e62c54880be778d8cbe2a93f6f2c97a3d593ed3c4641684c1ce06857d93aff8eca9f104409fab1bc2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172717/cdc_172717_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.07 MB ]