Toxicity of airborne chemicals: air quality standards-a national and international view.

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• Personal Author:
  Stokinger HE
• Description:
  A comparison of air quality standards of the USA and the USSR shows that each country lists about 500 substances for industrial air, but that there is some difference in which pollutants are of concern. Also, limiting values for the same substance tend to differ; in general, USSR standards are lower, both for community air and industrial air. The USA has both primary and secondary standards for some substances; the primary deals with health protection and the secondary (which are more stringent), with protection of the environment. As for industrial air of other nations, non-communist countries have in general adopted the standards of the USA; and communist countries have in general adopted standards intermediate between those of the USSR and the USA. Community standards are much more stringent than those for industry, reflecting, among other factors, the greater margin of safety required for the population at large. Substances for which there are such differences include carbon-monoxide (630080), sulfur-dioxide (7446095), nitrogen-dioxide (10102440), hydrocarbons, ozone (10028156), particulates, and lead (7439921). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Legislation NIOSH-Author Threshold-limit-values
• ISSN:
  0066-4251
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DLCD - Division of Laboratories and Criteria Development
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  407-421
• Volume:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00018381
• Citation:
  Annu Rev Pharmacol 1972 Apr; 12:407-421
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Annual Review of Pharmacology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:31406f8acc62294475059a0f3486d1771843a2246fd9e0f1d5c692b56feb64c517f911d2901c3ce0d2a544a9e9590cc8526e61874e9cefa12b25ea72431a5f6a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183806/cdc_183806_DS1.pdf
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