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Acrylamide

Acrylamide

Acrylamide

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NIOSH Resources

NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149
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.

NIOH and NIOSH Basis for an Occupational Health Standard: Acrylamide: A Review of the Literature
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 91-115 (1991)
This document was prepared by NIOSH and Criteria Group of Occupational Standard Setting, Research Dept., National Insitute of Occupational Health (NIOH) to provide the scientific basic for establishing recommended exposure levels to acrylamide.

Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Acrylamide
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-112 (October 1976)
Presents a standard to prevent the adverse effects of exposure to Acrylamide over a working lifetime.

Occupational Safety and Health Guideline for Acrylonitrile
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Related Resources

OSHA (Safety and Health Topics): Acrylamide
External link: http://www.osha.gov/dts/chemicalsampling/data/CH_217200.html

OSHA (Sampling and Analytical Methods): Acrylamide
External link: http://www.osha.gov/dts/sltc/methods/organic/org021/org021.html

New Jersey Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets: Acrylamide
PDF Icon PDF only 603KB (6 pages)
External link: http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0022.pdf

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety: Acrylamide
External link: http://www.intox.org/databank/documents/chemical/acrylamd/cie700.htm

Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety: Acrylamide Solutions
External link: http://www.intox.org/databank/documents/chemical/acrylamd/cie744.htm

EPA (Chemical Summary): Acrylamide
External link: http://www.epa.gov/chemfact/s_acryla.txt

EPA (Air Toxics): Acrylamide
External link: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/hlthef/acrylami.html

EPA (Ground and Drinking Water): Acrylamide
External link: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwh/c-voc/acrylami.html

Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) (EPA): Acrylamide
External link: http://www.epa.gov/iris/subst/0286.htm

NTP-CERHR (Reproductive Hazards): Acrylamide
External link: http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/acrylamide/acrylamide.html

NTP (Substance Profiles): Acrylamide
PDF Icon PDF only 222KB (3 pages)
External link: http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/eleventh/profiles/s003acry.pdf

IARC Monographs (Vol. 60): Acrylamide
PDF Icon PDF only 88.6KB (31 pages)
External link: http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol60/volume60.pdf

NLM (Hazardous Substance Data Bank): Acrylamide
External link: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/f?./temp/~Zc6KBD:1

Haz-Map (National Library of Medicine): Acrylamide
External link: http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/hazmap_search?queryx=79-06-1&tbl=TblAgents

European Chemical Substances Information System (ESIS): Acrylamide
External link: http://ecb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esis/index.php?GENRE=CASNO&ENTREE=79-06-1

WHO (HSG 45): Acrylamide
External link: http://www.inchem.org/documents/hsg/hsg/hsg045.htm

WHO (IPCS-PIM 652): Acrylamide
External link: http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/chemical/pim652.htm

WHO (Environmental Health Criteria 49): Acrylamide
External link: http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc49.htm

National Cancer Institute: Acrylamide
External link: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/acrylamide-in-food



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