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Table 2
<br />LANDFILL GAS'
<br />Chemical Name
<br />Exposure
<br />PEL: 1 ppm
<br />p.
<br />Irritation eyes, skin,
<br />Inhalation,
<br />Benzene
<br />500 ppm
<br />1.2%
<br />nose, respiratory;
<br />Absorption,
<br />dizziness; headache;
<br />Ingestion, skin/eye
<br />Ethyl benzene
<br />PEL: 100 ppm
<br />800 ppm
<br />Irritation eyes, skin,
<br />0.8%
<br />Inhalation, Ingestion,
<br />STEL: 125 ppm
<br />mucous membrane;
<br />skin/eye
<br />headache
<br />Hydrogen sulfide
<br />PEL: 10 ppm
<br />100 ppm
<br />Irritation eyes,
<br />4.0%
<br />Inhalation, Ingestion,
<br />STEL: 15 ppm
<br />respiratory; apnea,
<br />skin/eye
<br />Ceiling: 15 ppm
<br />coma, convulsions
<br />Toluene
<br />PEL: 50 ppm
<br />500 ppm
<br />Irritation eyes, nose;
<br />1.1%
<br />Inhalation,
<br />STEL: 150 ppm
<br />weakness, confusion,
<br />Absorption,
<br />Ceiling: 500 ppm
<br />euphoria, dizziness
<br />Ingestion, skin/eye
<br />"Skin"
<br />Vinyl Chloride
<br />PEL: 1 ppm
<br />Weakness,
<br />4.0%
<br />Inhalation, skin/eye
<br />"skin"
<br />abdominal pain,
<br />gastrointestinal
<br />bleeding
<br />Dichloromethane
<br />PEL: 25 ppm
<br />2300ppm
<br />Irritation eyes, skin;
<br />13%
<br />Inhalation,
<br />(methylene
<br />STEL: 125 ppm
<br />weakness,
<br />Absorption,
<br />chloride)
<br />drowsiness dizziness
<br />Ingestion, skin/eye
<br />Trichloroethylene
<br />PEL:25 m
<br />pp
<br />100 Oppm
<br />Irritation eyes, skin;
<br />8%
<br />Inhalation,
<br />STEL: 100 ppm
<br />headache, visual
<br />Absorption,
<br />Ceiling: 300ppm
<br />disturbance
<br />Ingestion, skin/eye
<br />1,2 -Irritation
<br />200ppm
<br />1000ppm
<br />Irritation eyes, skin;
<br />headache, visual
<br />5.6%
<br />Inhalation, Ingestion,
<br />Dichloroethylene
<br />disturbance
<br />skin/eye
<br />Tetrachloroethylene
<br />y
<br />PEL: 25 m
<br />pp
<br />15 Oppm
<br />Irritation eyes, nose,
<br />throat; flush face,
<br />NA
<br />Inhalation, skin
<br />(perchlorce
<br />STEL: 100 ppm
<br />neck;
<br />neck;
<br />absorption, ingestion,
<br />Ceiling: 300 ppm
<br />skin and/or eye
<br />contact
<br />Methane
<br />none
<br />At high
<br />Inhalation
<br />concentrations
<br />°
<br />5.5%
<br />methane acts as an
<br />asphyxiant without
<br />other adverse effects.
<br />Xylene
<br />100 ppm
<br />900 ppm
<br />Irritation eyes, skin;
<br />1%
<br />Inhalation, skin
<br />headache, visual
<br />absorption, ingestion,
<br />disturbance
<br />skin and/or eye
<br />contact
<br />4 Permissible exposure limits, California Code of Regulations, Title 8, General Industry Safety Orders, Airborne
<br />Contaminants, §5155
<br />Santa Fe Road Disposal Site — Health & Safety Plan 13 October 2002
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