TABLE 1.
Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits
|
Compound |
Duration of Exposure |
Recommended Exposure Limita |
|
|
Previous |
Current |
||
|
Acetone |
60 min |
15,000 |
8,500 |
|
|
24 hr |
2,000 |
1,000 |
|
|
90 d |
300 |
200 |
|
Acrolein |
10 min |
— |
0.1 |
|
|
60 min |
0.2 |
0.05b |
|
|
24 h |
0.1 |
0.01b |
|
|
90 d |
0.1 |
0.01 |
|
Arsine |
60 min |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
|
24 h |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
|
90 d |
0.01 |
— |
|
Carbon disulfide |
10 min |
200 |
200 |
|
|
30 min |
100 |
100 |
|
|
60 min |
50 |
50 |
|
Chloroform |
60 min |
200 |
100 |
|
|
24 h |
30 |
30 |
|
|
90 d |
3 |
1 |
|
Fluorine |
10 min |
15 |
15 |
|
|
30 min |
10 |
10 |
|
|
60 min |
5 |
7.5 |
|
Mercury vapor mg/m3 |
24 h |
2 mg/m3 |
0.2 |
|
mg/m3 |
90 d |
0.01 mg/m3 |
0.01 |
|
Methane |
24 h |
5,000 |
5,000 |
|
|
90 d |
5,000 |
5,000 |
|
Ozone |
60 min |
1 |
1 |
|
|
24 h |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
|
90 d |
0.02 |
0.02 |
|
Sulfuric acid mg/m3 |
10 min |
5 mg/m3 |
5 |
|
mg/m3 |
30 min |
2 mg/m3 |
2 |
|
mg/m3 |
60 min |
1 mg/m3 |
1 |
|
appm, unless otherwise stated. bTentative recommendation. |
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