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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 />-.
<br />Naphthalene
<br />Naphthene
<br />mothballs
<br />tar camphor
<br />naphthalin
<br />white-tar
<br />Colorless to brown solid with an odor of mothballs.
<br />Flashpoint = 174 degrees Fahrenheit
<br />UEL: 5.9%
<br />LEL: 0.9%
<br />10 250
<br />inh
<br />abs
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Irritation eyes; headache, confusion, excitement, malaise (vague
<br />feeling of discomfort); nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain; irritatior
<br />bladder; profuse sweating; jaundice; hematuria (blood in the
<br />urine), renal shutdown; dermatitis, optical neuritis, comeal
<br />damage
<br />Eyes, skin, blood, liver, kidneys,
<br />central nervous system
<br />Tetrachloroethene
<br />Perchlorethylene
<br />Perchloroethylene
<br />Perk
<br />Tetrachlorethylene
<br />PCE
<br />Colorless liquid with a mild, chloroform-like odor.
<br />UEL: NA
<br />LEL: NA
<br />25 150
<br />inh
<br />abs
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Irritation eyes, skin, nose, throat, respiratory system; nausea;
<br />flush face, neck; dizziness, incoordination; headache,
<br />drowsiness; skin erythema (skin redness); liver damage
<br />CARCINOGEN . Eyes, skin, respiratory system,
<br />liver, kidneys, central nervous
<br />system
<br />Toluene
<br />Methyl benzene
<br />Methyl benzol
<br />Phenyl methane
<br />Toluol
<br />Colorless liquid with a sweet, pungent, benzene-like
<br />odor (odor threshold —8 ppm)
<br />Flashpoint = 40 degrees Fahrenheit
<br />UEL: 7.1%
<br />LEL: 1.1%
<br />50 500
<br />inh
<br />abs
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Irritation eyes, nose; lassitude (weakness, exhaustion),
<br />confusion, euphoria, dizziness, headache; dilated pupils,
<br />lacrimation (discharge of tears); anxiety, muscle fatigue,
<br />insomnia; paresthesia; dermatitis; liver, kidney damage
<br />Eyes, skin, respiratory system,
<br />central nervous system, liver,
<br />kidneys
<br />1,1,1-
<br />Trichloroethane
<br />Chlorothene
<br />Methyl chloroform Colorless liquid with a mild, chloroform-like odor. 350 700
<br />inh
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Irritation eyes, skin; headache, lassitude (weakness, exhaustion)
<br />central nervous system depression, poor equilibrium; dermatitis;
<br />cardiac arrhythmias; liver damage
<br />Eyes, skin, central nervous system,
<br />cardiovascular system, liver
<br />Trichloroethene
<br />Trychloroethylene
<br />Ethylene trichloride
<br />TCE
<br />Trichloroethene
<br />Trilene
<br />Clear colorless liquid with a sweet odor
<br />UEL(77°F): 10.5%
<br />LEL(77°F): 8%
<br />25 1,000
<br />inh
<br />abs
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Irritation eyes, skin; headache, visual disturbance, lassitude
<br />(weakness, exhaustion), dizziness, tremor, drowsiness, nausea,
<br />vomiting; dermatitis; cardiac arrhythmias, paresthesia; liver injury
<br />CARCINOGEN . Eyes, skin, respiratory system, . . heart, liver, kidneys, central
<br />nervous system
<br />Trichlorofluoroetha
<br />no
<br />Freone 11
<br />Monofluorotrichlorometh
<br />ane
<br />Refrigerant 11
<br />fluorotrichloromethane
<br />trichloromonofluorometh
<br />ane
<br />Colorless to water-white, nearly odorless liquid or
<br />gas (above 75°F).
<br />Noncombustible Liquid Nonflammable Gas
<br />UEL: NA
<br />LEL: NA
<br />1000 2000
<br />inh
<br />ing
<br />con
<br />Incoordination, tremor; dermatitis; cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac
<br />arrest; asphyxia; liquid: frostbite
<br />Skin, respiratory system,
<br />cardiovascular system
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