NIOSH Hazard Review: Carbonless Copy Paper

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Niemeier, Richard W. ; Belinky, Barry R. ; Mazzuckelli, Lawrence F. ; Toraason, Mark A. ; Weber, Kenneth ; Weissman, David N. ; Stayner, Leslie T. ; Park, Robert M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  On the basis of a NIOSH review of the scientific literature and information submitted in response to its 1987 and 1997 Federal Register notices, NIOSH concludes the following: 1) The weight of evidence supports the conclusion that exposure to certain types of CCP or its components has, under some conditions, resulted in symptoms or irritation of the skin and of the mucosal membranes or the eyes and upper respiratory tract. 2) Exposure to CCP or its components may rarely cause allergic contact dermatitis. 3) Systemic reactions have occurred in a few persons exposed to CCP. 4) Data are insufficient to evaluate claims of other adverse health effects and reports (such as neurologic effects and reports of multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) that have been suggested in some of the clinical reports submitted to the NIOSH docket. In conclusion, although the weight of the evidence indicates that exposure to CCP in the past has resulted in adverse health effects, it is uncertain whether current formulations of CCP represent a significant risk to exposed workers. NIOSH recognizes that it may occasionally be necessary to limit CCP exposure in certain workers through administrative controls (such as job rotation). But in most cases, implementing normal precautions and recommendations for maintaining acceptable indoor air quality should be adequate to reduce or eliminate symptoms. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-132)
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Dermatitis Environmental Health Eye Foreign Bodies Formaldehyde Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Paper Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Skin Solvents

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• Keywords:
  Skin-irritants; Pulmonary-system-disorders; Eye-irritants; Dermatitis; Mucous-membranes; Formaldehydes; Indoor-air-pollution; Office-workers; Solvents; Indoor-environmental-quality
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2001-107, 2000 Dec; :1-132
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division ; DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  155 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000984
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2001-106640
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1eb8b66fdc3a18e50207eebf5ca2e7129587ce803c5d1abf870cae9886ba345d6fb9acb65e237e525ca021959a560eb4d1b6d4eb9125acd08000e70fe2ff9a3b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6410/cdc_6410_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.04 MB ]