Toxic Occupational Neuropathy – Texas

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Kurt, T. ; Webb, C. R. Jr.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In October 1980, a medical toxicologist in Dallas, Texas reportecf to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) that he had examined 4 persons, ages 25-33 years, who had dysfunction of central and peripheral nervous systems. All 4 persons were employed in the manufacture of reinforced plastic bathtubs at Lasco Industries in Lancaster, Texas. Symptoms had been of subacute onset and included mixed motor-sensory peripheral neuropathy, loss of memory, decreased attention span, and loss of color and peripheral vision. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Eye Hexanes Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mental Disorders Mental Health Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Plastics Safety Sense Organs Toxicology Vision Disorders

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• Keywords:
  Humans; Workers; Neuropathy; Neurotoxic effects; Neurological disorders; Neurological system; Nervous system disorders; Central nervous system disorders; Peripheral nervous system; Sensory motor system; Mental processes; Vision disorders; Mental disorders; Brain function; Manufacturing; Reinforced plastics; Plastics industry; Plastic products; Plastics; Toxic effects; Toxicology; Hexanes; Methyl compounds; Hydroxy compounds; Azo compounds; Neurotoxins
• Source:
  MMWR 1980 Nov; 29(44):529-530
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• 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:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  44
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054816
• Citation:
  MMWR 1980 Nov; 29(44):529-530
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lucel 7 (CAS RN 67016-52-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:164dc60aeb88c803b08b45bcc75579b42b2fd15c140d91b32accb074f558596a1611fe42acb1f6e1ca63e7b896d56f5dca8b7b14e0702d8beecf8163f595d492
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183311/cdc_183311_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 393.83 KB ]