*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZC9850000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Wood dust
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 17
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Wood dust

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-Confirmed human carcinogen, hard wood
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

   ACGIH TLV-TWA 5 mg/m3, STEL 10 mg/kg, soft wood
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

   ACGIH TLV-TWA 5 mg/m3, soft wood
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1996

   ACGIH TLV-TWA 1 mg/m3, hard wood
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

   IARC Cancer Review: Animal Inadequate Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,35,1995

   IARC Cancer Review: Group 1
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,35,1995

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-GERMANY;Carcinogen (beech) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY;Carcinogen (hard wood) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY;Carcinogen (soft wood) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 2 mg/m3  (hard wood) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 5 mg/m3  (soft wood) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 10 mg/m3  (soft wood) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 5 mg/m3  (hard wood) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 5 mg/m3  (soft wood) JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO WOOD DUST, all soft and hard woods-air:10H TWA 1 mg/m3
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***