NIOSH comments to DOL on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's proposed rule on occupational exposure to cadmium by R. W. Niemeier, May 7, 1990
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6139453
The testimony concerns the support of NIOSH for the assessment of OSHA that exposure to cadmium (7440439) is associated with the increased incidence of lung cancer and kidney dysfunction. Because cadmium is a potential occupational carcinogen and because OSHA estimates that the total cancer risk is 2.1 excess deaths per 1000 at an 8 hour time weighted average exposure of 1 microgram/cubic meter, NIOSH maintains that occupational exposures to cadmium should be reduced to the lowest feasible level. NIOSH strongly supports the use of engineering controls and work practices instead of the use of personal protective equipment, including respiratory protection, for controlling exposures to cadmium. Specific comments addressed include the control of confounding factors in kidney dysfunction analysis, the number of workers exposed to cadmium, the industries in which cadmium exposure occurs, standards for the construction industry, engineering and work practice controls, analytical methods for determining exposures, monitoring intervals, medical surveillance provisions, proteinuria and medical removal, return to work, and reproductive effects.
- Research Organization:
- National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6139453
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-152405/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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OSTI ID:6139985
NIOSH comments to DOL on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's proposed rule on occupational exposure to cadmium by R. W. Niemeier, October 18, 1990
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Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 1990
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OSTI ID:5619102
NIOSH testimony to DOL on Occupational Safety and Health Administration's proposed rule on occupational exposure to 1,3-butadiene, by R. W. Niemeier, January 17, 1991
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OSTI ID:5320992
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
BODY
CADMIUM
CARCINOGENESIS
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
DISEASES
ELEMENTS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
INDUSTRY
INHALATION
INTAKE
LUNGS
MEDICINE
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEOPLASMS
NIOSH
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
ORGANS
PATHOGENESIS
PERSONNEL
POLLUTION
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
TOXICITY
UROGENITAL SYSTEM DISEASES
US DOL
US ORGANIZATIONS
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Health
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
BODY
CADMIUM
CARCINOGENESIS
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
DISEASES
ELEMENTS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
INDUSTRY
INHALATION
INTAKE
LUNGS
MEDICINE
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEOPLASMS
NIOSH
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
ORGANS
PATHOGENESIS
PERSONNEL
POLLUTION
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
TOXICITY
UROGENITAL SYSTEM DISEASES
US DOL
US ORGANIZATIONS