A preliminary report on the formation and detection of bis- chloromethyl ether in the industrial and medical environment.

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• Personal Author:
  Bierbaum, Phillip J. ; Marceleno T
• Description:
  Preliminary report describing the status of the study on the possibility of spontaneous formation of bis-chloromethyl-ether (542881) by the reaction of formaldehyde (50000) and hydrochloric- acid (7647010) in industrial and medical environments. Topics include sampling techniques, potential for formation of the compound, paper manufacturing process, textile manufacturing process, medical and scientific work, analytical procedures, hematoxylin and eosin stain, colloidal iron, Fuelgen reaction and Snook's reticulum stain. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Carcinogens Chlorine Compounds Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Paper Preceptorship Safety Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; IWS-33-3a; Region-5; Chlorinated-ethers; Air-sampling; Air-contamination; Industrial-atmospheres; Carcinogens; Paper-manufacturing-industry; Textiles-industry
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSCI - Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-27
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00028705
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81225963
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1974 May; 1-:27
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chloromethyl ether (CAS RN 542-88-1) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Hydrochloric acid (CAS RN 7647-01-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio, 27 pages, 21 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/233170/cdc_233170_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]