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1 online resource (398 pages) : illustrations, tables |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. Workers and residents in communities surrounding industrial facilities where these substances are manufactured, used, or stored and in communities along the nation's railways and highways are potentially at risk of being exposed to airborne extremely hazardous substances during accidental releases or intentional releases by terrorists. Pursuant to the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified approximately 400 extremely hazardous substances on the basis of acute lethality data in rodents."Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, Volume 16" identifies, reviews, and interprets relevant toxicologic and other scientific data for selected aliphatic nitriles, benzonitrile, methacrylonitrile, allyl alcohol, hydrogen selenide, ketene, and tear gasin order to develop acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) for these high-priority, acutely toxic chemicals. AEGLs represent threshold exposure limits (exposure levels below which adverse health effects are not likely to occur) for the general public and are applicable to emergency exposures ranging from 10 minutes (min) to 8 h. Three levels - AEGL-1, AEGL-2, and AEGL-3 - are developed for each of five exposure periods (10 min, 30 min, 1 h, 4 h, and 8 h) and are distinguished by varying degrees of severity of toxic effects. This report will inform planning, response, and prevention in the community, the workplace, transportation, the military, and the remediation of Superfund sites. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous.
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Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous. |
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Hazardous substances -- Environmental aspects.
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Hazardous substances -- Environmental aspects. |
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Hazardous substances -- Health aspects.
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Hazardous substances -- Health aspects. |
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Pollution.
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Pollution. |
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Electronic books.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels, sponsoring body.
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Print version: Acute exposure guideline levels for selected airborne chemicals. Volume 16. Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, ©2014 380 pages 9780309300964 |
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9780309300971 (electronic book) |
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0309300975 (electronic book) |
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0309300967 (Trade Paper) |
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9780309300964 (Trade Paper) |
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