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Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits for Selected Airborne Contaminants Volume 2 (1984)
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Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits for Selected Airborne Contaminants: Volume 2

Substance

Duration of Exposure

Previous Recommendations

Current Recommendations

Year

Limit

Isopropyl alcohol

60 min

24 h

90 d

1966

400 ppm

200 ppm

50 ppm

400 ppm

200 ppm

1 ppm

Phosgene

60 min

24 h

90 d

1966

1 ppm

0.1 ppm

0.05 ppm

0.2 ppm

0.02 ppm

0.01 ppm

Sodium hydroxide

10 min

30 min

60 min

1965

4 mg/m3

4 mg/m3

2 mg/m3

2 mg/m3

2 mg/m3

2 mg/m3

Sulfur dioxide

10 min

30 min

60 min

24 h

90 d

1966

30 ppm

20 ppm

10 ppm

5 ppm

1 ppm

30 ppm

20 ppm

10 ppm

5 ppm

1 ppm

Vinylidene chloride

24 h

90 d

1966

25 ppm

2 ppm

10 ppm

0.15 ppm

Xylene

60 min

24 h

90 d

1966

200 ppm

100 ppm

50 ppm

200 ppm

100 ppm

50 ppm

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