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Title: Dioxin Registry report for Amchem Products, Incorporated, Ambler, Pennsylvania

Abstract

An industrial hygiene survey was conducted at Amchem Products, Inc., Ambler, Pennsylvania. The company produced and/or formulated 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic-acid (2,4,5-T) esters and amines from 1949 through 1979. Other chemical products were also manufactured and formulated at the site. Information was gathered concerning the facility, its processes, its workforce, its personnel records, its medical records, and analytical 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (1746016) (TCDD) data for its products. Personnel records contained a detailed work history listing each department and job title held by an employee. Departments and job titles with potential exposure to 2,4,5-T were identified. There were 258 workers who had assignments with potential 2,4,5-T exposure. Medical and worker compensation records were available for all 258 workers. Based on the information gathered pertaining to the operation of the 2,4,5-T ester production and formulation processes and to the work histories, the authors conclude that there is enough information to construct a TCDD exposure matrix for the site for the years from 1953 through 1979.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5812199
Report Number(s):
PB-92-121599/XAB; IWS-117.21
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: See also PB91-107961
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; CHEMICAL PLANTS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; DIOXIN; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; PENNSYLVANIA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL; AIR POLLUTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEDERAL REGION III; HAZARDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRY; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; USA; 540120* - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-); 560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology

Citation Formats

Marlow, D A, and Fingerhut, M A. Dioxin Registry report for Amchem Products, Incorporated, Ambler, Pennsylvania. United States: N. p., 1991. Web.
Marlow, D A, & Fingerhut, M A. Dioxin Registry report for Amchem Products, Incorporated, Ambler, Pennsylvania. United States.
Marlow, D A, and Fingerhut, M A. 1991. "Dioxin Registry report for Amchem Products, Incorporated, Ambler, Pennsylvania". United States.
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abstractNote = {An industrial hygiene survey was conducted at Amchem Products, Inc., Ambler, Pennsylvania. The company produced and/or formulated 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic-acid (2,4,5-T) esters and amines from 1949 through 1979. Other chemical products were also manufactured and formulated at the site. Information was gathered concerning the facility, its processes, its workforce, its personnel records, its medical records, and analytical 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (1746016) (TCDD) data for its products. Personnel records contained a detailed work history listing each department and job title held by an employee. Departments and job titles with potential exposure to 2,4,5-T were identified. There were 258 workers who had assignments with potential 2,4,5-T exposure. Medical and worker compensation records were available for all 258 workers. Based on the information gathered pertaining to the operation of the 2,4,5-T ester production and formulation processes and to the work histories, the authors conclude that there is enough information to construct a TCDD exposure matrix for the site for the years from 1953 through 1979.},
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year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991},
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