Environmental Conditions in U.S. Copper Smelters

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• Personal Author:
  Wagner W
• Description:
  An overview is presented of environmental conditions in the copper smelters operating in the United States through 1973 with data collected from surveys of the eight primary smelters. Airborne concentrations are included for arsenic, lead, zinc, copper, cadmium, molybdenum, and sulfur dioxide. Concentrations determined in the urine of smelters are included for arsenic, lead, copper, and cadmium. Airborne concentrations of sulfur dioxide were relatively high and variable in all smelters whereas concentrations of lead, zinc, cadmium, and molybdenum were consistantly low. Airborne coppers concentrations were relatively high in certain areas but occurred mostly as a non-respirable dust. Urine concentrations were not significantly higher than normal for arsenic, lead, and cadmium. The pararosaniline method and the hydrogen peroxide method are described for determining sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Environmental Monitoring Metals Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Urine
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Airborne-dusts Analytical-methods Hazards NIOSH-Author Primary-metallurgical-processes Trace-metals Urinalysis Urine-chemistry
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-40
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00055642
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-267432
• 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, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 75-158, 1975 Apr; :1-40
• CAS Registry Number:
  7440-69-5 ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Molybdenum (CAS RN 7439-98-7) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• 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-512:44792b8aaccae88998925fd99ba44f5c8aed2e4a379ce57cb7caec0747dba8253b805b485f2ade22a35e9ef935c56d83677a416c0d2963ead5433b8aaadab341
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209219/cdc_209219_DS1.pdf
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