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Carcinogens--Working with Carcinogens. A Guide to Good Health Practices.

PB277256

Publication Date	1977
Page Count	54
Abstract	The report presents guidelines intended to assist in providing a safe and healthful workplace by preventing employee exposure to carcinogens. The booklet was developed as an introduction to occupational carcinogenesis and consists of a nontechnical discussion of cancer, carcinogens and requirements of the OSHA standards for 14 carcinogens promulgated in 1974. It is designed to inform production workers, first line supervisory and other nontechnical management personnel of the requirements of these standards. The standards discussed are of general nature and represent minimal conditions that should be observed from the time a substance is identified as a human cancer suspect agent until specific standards are promulgated.
Keywords	Carcinogens Industrial hygiene Neoplasms Malignant neoplasms Guidelines Exposure Standards Protective clothing Environmental engineering Safety engineering Accident prevention Regulations Health education Industrial medicine Occupational safety and health Threshold limit values Cancer Carcinogenesis Occupational health services Maximum permissible exposure level
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div. of Technical Services.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197811

Carcinogens--Working with Carcinogens. A Guide to Good Health Practices.

Carcinogens--Working with Carcinogens. A Guide to Good Health Practices.
PB277256

Publication Date	1977
Page Count	54
Abstract	The report presents guidelines intended to assist in providing a safe and healthful workplace by preventing employee exposure to carcinogens. The booklet was developed as an introduction to occupational carcinogenesis and consists of a nontechnical discussion of cancer, carcinogens and requirements of the OSHA standards for 14 carcinogens promulgated in 1974. It is designed to inform production workers, first line supervisory and other nontechnical management personnel of the requirements of these standards. The standards discussed are of general nature and represent minimal conditions that should be observed from the time a substance is identified as a human cancer suspect agent until specific standards are promulgated.
Keywords	Carcinogens Industrial hygiene Neoplasms Malignant neoplasms Guidelines Exposure Standards Protective clothing Environmental engineering Safety engineering Accident prevention Regulations Health education Industrial medicine Occupational safety and health Threshold limit values Cancer Carcinogenesis Occupational health services Maximum permissible exposure level
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div. of Technical Services.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197811