Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-92-157: Albuquerque Allergy Clinic; Albuquerque, New Mexico

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report: HHE-73-92-157: Albuquerque Allergy Clinic, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Personal Author:
  Burton, David J. ; Cromer, John W. Jr.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard survey was conducted by NIOSH at an allergy clinic (SIC-8011) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to evaluate complaints of exposure to natural gas and its reactive byproducts. Tests for concentrations of the mercaptans and dimethyl-sulfoxide (67685) were made using deactivated charcoal. Through interviews, symptoms were studied. Laboratory blood and urine analyses were performed for all employees. The source of natural gas for heating and ventilation was checked and gas composition verified. An alleged natural gas leak could not be found. Mercaptans and dimethyl-sulfoxide were not detectable at the lower limits of sensitivity using analytical methods adequate to detect concentrations well below toxic values. A diverse number of symptoms were reported
  
  no pattern relating to natural gas exposure was identified. Blood and urine findings were within normal limits, with some individual exceptions not believed linked to natural gas exposure. The authors conclude that there was no health hazard from the mercaptans or dimethyl-sulfoxide. Hazard from any other component of natural gas may be ruled out because the mercaptan concentration, which was not detectable, always exceeds the values for other hazardous substances in natural gas.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Clinical Laboratory Techniques Delivery Of Health Care Environmental Exposure Occupational Health Safety Sulfhydryl Compounds
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Clinical-techniques Dimethyl Sulfoxide Environmental-exposure Hazards-Unconfirmed Medical-care Mercaptans Natural Gas NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 6

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7392157
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00136018
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246452
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 73-92-157, 1974 Nov ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Dimethyl sulphoxide (CAS RN 67-68-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8011 - Offices & clinics of medical doctors - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:525ad733091807b1a4a1e82f49d5d01024bc410b81eddcdee920844b91261afdfa0d645590eaadc45df298b36c6ea6a4c02d472193f9f535c46a0915bed7f817
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172828/cdc_172828_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 607.42 KB ]