Benzene | Chemical Emergencies | CDC Studies in animals show low birth weights, bones being formed late, and bone marrow damage when pregnant animals breathed benzene Cancer The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has said that benzene causes cancer in humans Long-term exposure to high levels of benzene in the air can cause leukemia, a blood-related cancer Fertility
Benzene: Systemic Agent | NIOSH | CDC - Centers for Disease Control and . . . Benzene vapors are irritating to the respiratory tract and eyes Breathing benzene vapors results in adverse health effects related to the central nervous system including drowsiness, dizziness, rapid heart rate, headache, lightheadedness, nausea, tremors, impaired gait, confusion, loss of consciousness, shortness of breath, respiratory
Benzene - IDLH | NIOSH | CDC [Note: NIOSH recommends as part of its carcinogen policy that the “most protective” respirators be worn for benzene at concentrations above 0 1 ppm OSHA currently requires in 29 CFR 1910 1028 that workers be provided with and required to wear and use the “most protective” respirators in concentrations exceeding 1,000 ppm (i e , 1,000 x
BENZENE by portable GC 3700 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Determine concentration, C, of benzene in the injected sample, V (mL): NOTE: Some GCs will perform this calculation electronically EVALUATION OF METHOD: This method was evaluated over the range 0 03 to 100 ppm benzene using a Photovac 10S portable GC Certified standard gas mixtures of benzene in air were obtained from Scott Specialty Gases Inc ,
Ethyl benzene - IDLH | NIOSH - CDC 3 Nielsen GDF, Alarie Y [1982] Sensory irritation, pulmonary irritation, and respiratory stimulation by airborne benzene and alkylbenzenes, prediction of safe industrial exposure levels and correlation with their thermodynamic properties Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 65:459-477 4 Patty FA, ed [1963]
RTECS:CY1400000 - Benzene - The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical . . . NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Benzene, by portable GC, 3700: NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Hydrocarbons, aromatic, 1501: NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Hydrocarbons, BP 36-126 degree C, 1500: NTP 14th Report on Carcinogens,2016:Known to be a human carcinogen: NTP Carcinogenesis studies; on test (prechronic studies), October 2000: On EPA IRIS
OSHA Respirator Requirements for Selected Chemicals | NIOSH | CDC Benzene (1910 1028) Airborne Concentration or Condition of Use Required Respirator < or = 10 ppm (parts per million) Half-mask air-purifying respirator with organic vapor cartridge < or = 50 ppm (1) Full-facepiece respirator with organic vapor cartridges; or (2) Full-facepiece gas mask with chin-style canisters* < or = 100 ppm
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Ethyl benzene - CDC NIOSH OSHA Up to 800 ppm: (APF = 10) Any chemical cartridge respirator with organic vapor cartridge(s)* (APF = 50) Any air-purifying, full-facepiece respirator (gas mask) with a chin-style, front- or back-mounted organic vapor canister
Miscellaneous Notes NIOSH Pocket Guide | NIOSH | CDC Benzene The final OSHA Benzene standard in 1910 1028 applies to all occupational exposures to benzene except some subsegments of industry where exposures are consistently under the action level (i e , distribution and sales of fuels, sealed containers and pipelines, coke production, oil and gas drilling and production, natural gas processing, and the percentage exclusion for liquid mixtures