Formaldehyde vapor emissions in the permanent-press fabrics industry.

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• Personal Author:
  Slipkovitz HD
• Description:
  Fritted bubbler sampling for formaldehyde emissions in eight permanent-press cutting and finishing plants showed exposures considerably below the current threshold limit values. The estimated incidence of respiratory disease (based on plant records and interviews) was found to be especially high. Since ventilation was adequate with regard to currently recommended standards, the results suggest that the present ceiling threshold value for formaldehyde is no longer appropriate. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Aldehydes Environmental Monitoring Formaldehyde Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Textile Industry Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement; Air-sampling; Air-contamination; Aldehydes; Ventilation-systems; TLV's; Garment-workers; Respiratory-disorders; Textile-plants
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00020353
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1968 Sep; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1968
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH Environmental Control Administration, Report No. TR-52, 18 pages, 18 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/241698/cdc_241698_DS1.pdf
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