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NIOSH Resources

NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
Exposure limits, Respirator Recommendations, First Aid, more...
The Pocket Guide is a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes found in the work environment. Key data provided for each chemical/substance includes name (including synonyms/trade names), structure/formula, CAS/RTECS Numbers, DOT ID, conversion factors, exposure limits, IDLH, chemical and physical properties, measurement methods, personal protection, respirator recommendations, symptoms, and first aid.

International Chemical Safety Cards
An ICSC summarizes essential health and safety information on chemicals for their use at the "shop floor" level by workers and employers in factories, agriculture, construction and other work places.

Documentation for Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH)
The IDLH documents the criteria and information sources that have been used by NIOSH to determine immediately dangerous to life or health concentrations.

NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM)
NMAM is a collection of methods for sampling and analysis of contaminants in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are occupationally exposed.

NIOSH Criteria Documents: Special Occupational Hazard Review With Control Recommendations: Trichloroethylene
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-130 (1978)
The purpose of Special Occupational Hazard Reviews is to analyze and document the health problems asoociated with a given agent or industrial process, and to recommend engineering controls and work practices to ameliorate these problems.

Current Intelligence Bulletin 2: Trichloroethylene (TCE)
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-127 (1975)
Presents information about Trichloroethylene as well as recommendation to treat formaldehyde as a carcinogen.

NIOSH Criteria Documents: Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Trichloroethylene
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 73-11025 (1973)
Presents a standard to prevent the adverse effects of exposure to Trichloroethylene over a working lifetime.

Occupational Safety and Health Guideline for Trichloroethylene [PDF - 322 KB]

Related Resources

ATSDR's Medical Management Guidelines (MMGs): Trichloroethylene

Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry - ToxFAQS: Trichloroethylene

Toxicological Profile for Trichloroethylene (ATSDR)

OSHA (Sampling Information): Trichloroethylene

New Jersey Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets: Trichloroethylene

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety: Trichloroethylene

Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) (EPA): Trichloroethylene

EPA (Air Toxics): Trichloroethylene

EPA Drinking Water: Trichloroethylene

Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS): Trichloroethylene

NLM (Hazardous Substance Data Bank): Trichloroethylene

NLM (Haz-Map): Trichloroethylene

NLM (Household Products Database): Trichloroethylene

NTP Report on Carcinogens (Twelfth Report-2011): Trichloroethylene

IARC Monographs (Vol. 63): Trichloroethylene

European chemical Substances Information System (ESIS): Trichloroethylene

WHO Environmental Health Criteria 50: Trichloroethylene

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