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Table 3
<br />Potential Chemical Hazards
<br />Volatile Organic Compounds
<br />CHEMICAL SYNONYMS &
<br />TRADE NAMES PROPERTIES
<br />EXPOSURE LIMITS (ppm) ROUTES OF EXPOSURE SYMPTOMS! HEALTH EFFECTS TARGET ORGANS TWA
<br />(8-hour workshift
<br />40-hour week)
<br />IDLH
<br />(exit immediately)
<br />Chloroform Methane trichloride
<br />Trichloromethane
<br />Colorless liquid with a pleasant odor.
<br />Noncombustible Liquid
<br />UEL: NA
<br />LEL: NA
<br />2 500
<br />inh
<br />abs
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Irritation eyes, skin; dizziness, mental dullness, nausea,
<br />confusion; headache, lassitude (weakness, exhaustion);
<br />anesthesia; enlarged liver
<br />CARCINOGEN
<br />Liver, kidneys, heart, eyes, skin,
<br />central nervous system
<br />Chloromethane Methyl chloride
<br />Monochloromethane
<br />Colorless gas with a faint, sweet odor which is not
<br />noticeable at dangerous concentrations.
<br />Flammable Gas
<br />UEL: 17.4%
<br />LEL: 8.1%
<br />50 2,000 inh
<br />con
<br />Dizziness, nausea, vomiting; visual disturbance, stagger, slurred
<br />speech, convulsions, coma; liver, kidney damage; liquid:
<br />frostbite; reproductive, teratogenic effects
<br />CARCINOGEN
<br />Central nervous system, liver,
<br />kidneys, reproductive system
<br />Dibromochloromet
<br />hane Chlorodibromomethane Colorless to yellow, heavy, nonflammable, liquids
<br />with a sweet odor
<br />inh
<br />ing Sleepiness Central nervous system, liver,
<br />kidney
<br />Dichlorodifluorome
<br />thane
<br />Difluorodichloromethane
<br />Fluorocarbon 12
<br />Freon® 12
<br />Genetrone 12
<br />Halon® 122
<br />Propellant 12
<br />Refrigerant 12
<br />Colorless gas with an ether-like odor at extremely
<br />high concentrations. [Note: Shipped as a liquefied
<br />compressed gas.]
<br />Nonflammable Gas
<br />UEL: NA
<br />LEL: NA
<br />1000 15000 inh
<br />con
<br />Dizziness, tremor, asphyxia, unconsciousness, cardiac
<br />arrhythmias, cardiac arrest; liquid: frostbite
<br />Cardiovascular system, peripheral
<br />nervous system
<br />1,2-
<br />Dichlorobenzene
<br />o-DCB
<br />ortho-Dichlorobenzene
<br />o-Dichlorobenzol
<br />Colorless to pale-yellow liquid with a pleasant,
<br />aromatic odor. [herbicide]
<br />Flashpoint = 151 degrees Fahrenheit
<br />UEL: 9.2%
<br />LEL: 2.2%
<br />25 200 Irritation
<br />inh
<br />abs
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />eyes, nose; liver, kidney damage; skin blisters Eyes, skin, respiratory system,
<br />liver, kidneys
<br />1,4-
<br />Dichlorobenzene
<br />p-DCB
<br />para-Dichlorobenzene
<br />Dichlorocide
<br />Colorless or white crystalline solid with a mothball-
<br />like odor. [insecticide]
<br />Combustible Solid, but may take some effort to
<br />ignite.
<br />Flashpoint = 150 degrees Fahrenheit
<br />LEL: 2.5%
<br />75 150 profuse
<br />inh
<br />abs
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Eye irritation, swelling periorbital (situated around the eye);
<br />rhinitis; headache, anorexia, nausea, vomiting; weight
<br />loss, jaundice, cirrhosis; in animals: liver, kidney injury
<br />CARCINOGEN
<br />Liver, respiratory system, eyes,
<br />kidneys, skin
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