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Environmental Surveys of Aluminum Reduction Plants.

PB232776

Publication Date	1974
Personal Author	Shuler, P. J.; Bierbaum, P. J.
Page Count	56
Abstract	The purpose of this report is to summarize the environmental surveys of four aluminum reduction plants in the Eastern United States, including pre-baked, horizontal pin Soderberg and vertical pin Soderberg operations. The major emphasis of the environmental studies was to determine the extent of worker exposures to potential carcinogenic compounds found in coal tar and petroleum pitch volatiles; however, exposures to total airborne dust, airborne fluorides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ammonia and noise also were documented. The report presents a description of aluminum reduction processing and associated worker activities for the three production types that were surveyed, the environmental sampling procedures utilized, a summary of sampling results and conclusions that can be drawn from the surveys.
Keywords	Aluminum industry Industrial atmospheres Air pollution Carcinogens Ammonia Sulfur dioxide Coal tar Dust Florida Carbon monoxide Cryolite Reduction Pitch(Material) Industrial plants Processing Materials recovery Gas sampling Filtration Aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons Industrial medicine Personnel Indoor air pollution Noise(Sound) Air pollution detection
Source Agency	Invalid Source Agency Code
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Rockville, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197416

Environmental Surveys of Aluminum Reduction Plants.

Environmental Surveys of Aluminum Reduction Plants.
PB232776

Publication Date	1974
Personal Author	Shuler, P. J.; Bierbaum, P. J.
Page Count	56
Abstract	The purpose of this report is to summarize the environmental surveys of four aluminum reduction plants in the Eastern United States, including pre-baked, horizontal pin Soderberg and vertical pin Soderberg operations. The major emphasis of the environmental studies was to determine the extent of worker exposures to potential carcinogenic compounds found in coal tar and petroleum pitch volatiles; however, exposures to total airborne dust, airborne fluorides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ammonia and noise also were documented. The report presents a description of aluminum reduction processing and associated worker activities for the three production types that were surveyed, the environmental sampling procedures utilized, a summary of sampling results and conclusions that can be drawn from the surveys.
Keywords	Aluminum industry Industrial atmospheres Air pollution Carcinogens Ammonia Sulfur dioxide Coal tar Dust Florida Carbon monoxide Cryolite Reduction Pitch(Material) Industrial plants Processing Materials recovery Gas sampling Filtration Aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons Industrial medicine Personnel Indoor air pollution Noise(Sound) Air pollution detection
Source Agency	Invalid Source Agency Code
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Rockville, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197416