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Title: Monitoring firefighter exposure to air toxins at prescribed burns of forest and range biomass. Forest Service research paper

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5271322

A variety of potent air toxins are in the smoke produced by burning forest and range biomass. Preliminary data on firefighter exposures to carbon monoxide and formaldehyde at four prescribed burns of Western United States natural fuels are presented. Formaldehyde may be correlated to carbon monoxide emissions. The firefighters' exposures to these compounds relative to workplace standards are discussed.

Research Organization:
Forest Service, Portland, OR (United States). Pacific Northwest Research Station
OSTI ID:
5271322
Report Number(s):
PB-92-170323/XAB; FSRP-PNW-441
Resource Relation:
Other Information: See also PB85-181865
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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