Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Kepone [1976]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that worker exposure to kepone in the workplace be controlled by adherence to the following sections. The standard is designed to protect the health and safety of workers for up to a 10-hour workday, 40 -hour workweek over a working lifetime. The standard will be subject to review and revision as necessary. 'Occupational Exposure to Kepone' is defined as exposure to airborne kepone at concentrations greater than one -half of the workplace environmental limit for kepone. Exposure to kepone at concentrations less than one-half of the workplace environmental limit will not require adherence to the following sections of the standard, except For sections 3, 4 (a), 5, 6 (b,c,e,f), and 7. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Chlordecone Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Hydrocarbons, Cyclic Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Environmental-surveys; Industrial-medicine; Standards; Toxicity; Hazardous-materials; Exposure; Indoor-air-pollution; Occupational-safety; Toxic-substances; Air-pollution; Pesticides; NIOSH-Criteria-Document
• Source:
  Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 1976 Jan; :1-8
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Standards
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000660
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-196170
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chlordecone (CAS RN 143-50-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8dc9fbe562e9432c4e9d4e1e6828c7498387b80a8b204ba2dd13039ada7f3e90308f2ce57064a3eef9c23a5dbdbae15480ca5a26da0a6fc8019d95a55f455635
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19374/cdc_19374_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 310.56 KB ]