Dioxin Registry report for Amchem Products, Incorporated, Ambler, Pennsylvania
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.
- Research Organization:
- National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5812199
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-121599/XAB; IWS-117.21
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also PB91-107961
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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