Industrial hygiene report: perchloroethylene: Fremont Laundry and Dry Cleaners, 990 Villa Street, Mountain View, California.

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• Personal Author:
  Ludwig, Howard R.
• Description:
  Exposures to perchloroethylene (127184) (PCE) were studied in a dry cleaning facility (SIC-7216) in Mountain View, California. Air samples were collected using battery operated pumps and charcoal tubes. Employee exposure to airborne PCE concentrations in the dry cleaning area ranged from 21 to 30 parts per million. Sampling was incomplete due to a washing unit breakdown. The author concludes that PCE concentrations at this facility are well within the current standards. Since the carcinogenic potential of PCE has not been established, exposure to the compound should be limited as much as possible.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aging Agriculture Automobiles Education Engineering Environmental Exposure Farmers Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Men Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Women

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Carcinogenesis Chemical-exposure Cleaning-compounds Dry-cleaning-factories Field-Study Industrial-equipment IWS NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-9 Work-environment

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00094241
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1979 Feb; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Tetrachloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7216 - Drycleaning plants, except rug - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6fa2805a0c6f9e27bbef50fa8517b70154a8b33ddb0b77a3af7b14d7c00cd592ee5554a51d32b7bf075905a3c8242b526da9d2b2c4e2902aacab00fa5e547890
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178936/cdc_178936_DS1.pdf
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