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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972731703321

Titolo

Emergency and continuous exposure guidance levels for selected submarine contaminants . Volume 3 / / Subcommittee on Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants,  Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009

ISBN

0-309-14567-8

1-282-41250-7

9786612412509

0-309-14380-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Emergency and continuous exposure guidance levels for selected submarine contaminants ; ; 3

Disciplina

623.825

Soggetti

Submarines (Ships)

Air quality

Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Acetaldehyde""; ""3 Hydrogen Chloride""; ""4 Hydrogen Fluoride""; ""5 Hydrogen Sulfide""; ""6 Propylene Glycol Dinitrate""; ""Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants""; ""Appendix B: Statement of Task""; ""Glossary""

Sommario/riassunto

U.S. Navy personnel who work on submarines are in an enclosed and isolated environment for days or weeks at a time when at sea. Unlike a typical work environment, they are potentially exposed to air contaminants 24 hours a day. To protect workers from potential adverse health effects due to those conditions, the U.S. Navy has established exposure guidance levels for a number of contaminants. The Navy asked a subcommittee of the National Research Council (NRC)



to review, and develop when necessary, exposure guidance levels for specific contaminants. This volume, the third in a series, recommends 1-hour and 24-hour emergency exposure guidance levels (EEGLs) and 90-day continuous exposure guidance levels (CEGLs) for acetaldehyde, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen sulfide, and propylene glycol dinitrate.