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Correspondence and Studies Regarding Toxicity of Carpets with Potential Bone Marrow Cytogenetics Tests in Rats (Draft) with Cover Letter dated 12/11/87.

OTS00005961

Publication Date	1988
Page Count	174
Abstract	After having purchased new carpeting for our family business in May 1980, we were poisoned by the toxic chemicals outgassing from the carpet. Previous to this purchase, our entire family had an excellent health record and no known allergies. Because of this poisoning we have developed a hypersensitivity to most irritants. Our basic life patterns have had to change dramatically. Over the past seven years, we have discovered that we are not the only family suffering from the devastating effects of toxic carpet poisoning. It is our hope that government legislation will require that (1) quality control be mandated in the carpet industry; and (2) that warning labels appear on all pieces of carpeting stating the ingredients and their possible hazardous effects. This particular legislation would protect many consumers from the damaging effects of possible improperly manufactured goods.
Keywords	Toxicity Tests Carpets Ethylbenzene Formaldehyde Toluene Methacrylate acid Outgassing Occupational exposure pathways Toxic carpet poisoning
Source Agency	Office of Toxic Substances
Corporate Authors	Senate, Washington, DC.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Toxic
Supplemental Notes	The quality of the documents listed in the Office of Toxic Substances database may not meet usual NTIS standards but are included to further the opportunity for the scientific and technical community to locate materials which may not be available elsewhere. The content is the responsibility of OTS. Prepared in cooperation with American Petroleum Inst., Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200717

Correspondence and Studies Regarding Toxicity of Carpets with Potential Bone Marrow Cytogenetics Tests in Rats (Draft) with Cover Letter dated 12/11/87.

Correspondence and Studies Regarding Toxicity of Carpets with Potential Bone Marrow Cytogenetics Tests in Rats (Draft) with Cover Letter dated 12/11/87.
OTS00005961

Publication Date	1988
Page Count	174
Abstract	After having purchased new carpeting for our family business in May 1980, we were poisoned by the toxic chemicals outgassing from the carpet. Previous to this purchase, our entire family had an excellent health record and no known allergies. Because of this poisoning we have developed a hypersensitivity to most irritants. Our basic life patterns have had to change dramatically. Over the past seven years, we have discovered that we are not the only family suffering from the devastating effects of toxic carpet poisoning. It is our hope that government legislation will require that (1) quality control be mandated in the carpet industry; and (2) that warning labels appear on all pieces of carpeting stating the ingredients and their possible hazardous effects. This particular legislation would protect many consumers from the damaging effects of possible improperly manufactured goods.
Keywords	Toxicity Tests Carpets Ethylbenzene Formaldehyde Toluene Methacrylate acid Outgassing Occupational exposure pathways Toxic carpet poisoning
Source Agency	Office of Toxic Substances
Corporate Authors	Senate, Washington, DC.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Toxic
Supplemental Notes	The quality of the documents listed in the Office of Toxic Substances database may not meet usual NTIS standards but are included to further the opportunity for the scientific and technical community to locate materials which may not be available elsewhere. The content is the responsibility of OTS. Prepared in cooperation with American Petroleum Inst., Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200717