NIOSH testimony on occupational exposure to 2-methoxyethanol, 2- ethoxyethanol and their acetates (glycol ethers) by R. W. Niemeier November 1, 1993.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This testimony presents specific responses of NIOSH to OSHA requests for additional information. Specific topics touched on in this testimony include the provision of additional information on the change out schedule for respirator cartridges/canisters, additional insight from a published article on the potential usefulness of biological monitoring to evaluate dermal exposures, engineering controls in the autobody repair industry, information on the types of engineering controls that would be appropriate for reducing airborne concentrations of glycol ethers during bulk transfer operations, engineering controls in a previous study in the semiconductor industry, a surveillance program for glycol ethers, and the position of NIOSH on future OSHA rulemaking for other glycol ethers.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Delivery Of Health Care Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Automobile-repair-shops Biological-monitoring Control-technology Niemeier-R-W NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Testimony Organic-solvents Respiratory-protective-equipment Solvent-vapors
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Testimony
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSDTT - Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00219229
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1993 Nov; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• 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:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180876/cdc_180876_DS1.pdf
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