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NIOSH Comments to DOL, OSHA Proposed Rule on Occupational Exposure to Ethylene Oxide, Docket H-200 June 22, 1983.

PB91135152

Publication Date	1983
Page Count	12
Abstract	The testimony concerns the opinions of NIOSH concerning the proposed standard from OSHA. NIOSH generally supports the efforts to reduce the PEL for ethylene-oxide (75218) (EtO), but feels that the medical surveillance provisions of the proposed rule would not contribute to a reduction in risk. Concerning suitable methods for determining compliance with EtO permissible exposure limits, NIOSH suggests the procedure of Qazi and Ketchem of the Union Carbide Corporation, which has as its lower limit 3 parts per million. The possibility of lifestyle factors entering into the increased risk for cancer from exposure to EtO was discussed as well as proposed medical surveillance provisions, the use of personal protective equipment, the usefulness of field tests, the extent of the routine physical examination, the incidence of quadriradial or other chromosome aberrations and sister chromatid exchanges in peripheral lymphocytes over time after exposure to EtO, and circumstances for the wearing of respirators.
Keywords	Ethylene oxide Air pollution Toxicity Exposure Standards Regulations Lymphocytes Respirators Permeability Risk Malignant neoplasms Occupational safety and health Carcinogenesis Environmental monitoring Chromosome aberrations Testimony CAS 75-21-8
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 68A - Air Pollution & Control 44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB84-182039 and PB91-135145.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199107

NIOSH Comments to DOL, OSHA Proposed Rule on Occupational Exposure to Ethylene Oxide, Docket H-200 June 22, 1983.

NIOSH Comments to DOL, OSHA Proposed Rule on Occupational Exposure to Ethylene Oxide, Docket H-200 June 22, 1983.
PB91135152

Publication Date	1983
Page Count	12
Abstract	The testimony concerns the opinions of NIOSH concerning the proposed standard from OSHA. NIOSH generally supports the efforts to reduce the PEL for ethylene-oxide (75218) (EtO), but feels that the medical surveillance provisions of the proposed rule would not contribute to a reduction in risk. Concerning suitable methods for determining compliance with EtO permissible exposure limits, NIOSH suggests the procedure of Qazi and Ketchem of the Union Carbide Corporation, which has as its lower limit 3 parts per million. The possibility of lifestyle factors entering into the increased risk for cancer from exposure to EtO was discussed as well as proposed medical surveillance provisions, the use of personal protective equipment, the usefulness of field tests, the extent of the routine physical examination, the incidence of quadriradial or other chromosome aberrations and sister chromatid exchanges in peripheral lymphocytes over time after exposure to EtO, and circumstances for the wearing of respirators.
Keywords	Ethylene oxide Air pollution Toxicity Exposure Standards Regulations Lymphocytes Respirators Permeability Risk Malignant neoplasms Occupational safety and health Carcinogenesis Environmental monitoring Chromosome aberrations Testimony CAS 75-21-8
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 68A - Air Pollution & Control 44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB84-182039 and PB91-135145.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199107