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.
NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM) NMAM is a collection of methods for sampling and analysis of contaminants in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are occupationally exposed.
- Hydroquinone (No. 5004)
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Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Acrylamide
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-155 (April 1978)
Presents a standard to prevent the adverse effects of exposure to Hydroquinone over a working lifetime.
Occupational Safety and Health Guideline for Hydroquinone
PDF only 298 KB (6 pages)
Related Resources
OSHA (Chemical Sampling): Hydroquinone
External link: http://www.osha.gov/dts/chemicalsampling/data/CH_246890.html
New Jersey Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets: Hydroquinone
PDF only 37 KB (6 pages)
External link: http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/1019.pdf
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety: Hydroquinone
External link: http://www.intox.org/databank/documents/chemical/hydroqun/cie342.htm
EPA (Air Toxics): Hydroquinone
External link: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/hydroqui.html
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) (EPA): Hydroquinone
External link: http://www.epa.gov/iris/subst/0508.htm
Haz-Map (National Library of Medicine): Hydroquinone
External link: http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/hazmap_search?queryx=123-31-9&tbl=TblAgents
Household Products Database: Hydroquinone
External link: http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/search?queryx=123-31-9&tbl=TblChemicals&prodcat=all
NTP (Toxicity Effects-HSDB): Hydroquinone
External link: http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=E87CF217-BDB5-82F8-F563F6D1C92235F8
IARC Monographs (Vol. 71): Hydroquinone
PDF only 167 KB (29 pages)
External link: http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol71/mono71-30.pdf
European Chemical Substances Information System (ESIS): Hydroquinone
External link: http://ecb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esis/index.php?GENRE=CASNO&ENTREE=123-31-9
WHO (HSG No. 101): Hydroquinone
External link: http://www.inchem.org/documents/hsg/hsg/hsg101.htm
WHO (Environmental Health Criteria 157): Hydroquinone
External link: http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc157.htm
United Nations Environment Program (OECD SIDS): Hydroquinone
PDF only 336 KB (109 pages)
External link: http://www.inchem.org/documents/sids/sids/123319.pdf
Pan Pesticide Database: Hydroquinone
External link: http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC35626
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