Testing of hair dryers for asbestos emissions.

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• Personal Author:
  Baron, PaulA ; Carter, James, W. ; Geraci, Charles L. Jr. ; Smith DL
• Description:
  Tests were conducted on 30 hair dryers for the release of asbestos (1332214) fibers into the effluent air to evaluate potential consumer exposure, for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. A hair dryer test system was developed, consisting of a clean air source, a sampling duct assembly, several types of monitoring equipment and filter samplers. Generated samples were assessed by transmission electron microscopy capable of performing energy dispersive analysis of x-rays and selected area electron diffraction. Of the 30 dryers evaluated, 23 were home use hand held appliances, three were table top hooded models, one was a hobby heat gun, and one was a heavy duty commercial salon style dryer. The airborne asbestos concentrations generated by these dryers ranged from 0 to 0.11 structures/cubic centimeter and the mass concentrations ranged from 0 to 7652 nanograms/cubic meter. No significant differences were noted whether the dryers were operated at high heat or at cycled heat.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Airborne-fibers Asbestos-dust Asbestos-products Contract-IA-79-29 Fibrous-dusts Hairdressers NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Contract Sampling-methods
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract; Interagency Agreement
• Genre:
  Interagency Agreement
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-59
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00185315
• 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, IA 79-29, 1979 Sep; :1-59
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d26b4793d2849bdd135f887358209d5dec24ef90952399d47db2392321be13e3f18b9db0959dec03d4ac95ade120aa90c12eca6e81174ff1f7c6d7092ff9423e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180213/cdc_180213_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.71 MB ]