Permissible Exposure Levels for Selected Military Fuel Vapors (1996) / Chapter Skim
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Except for the additives, the chemical composition of most military fuels is similar to kerosene. Commercial illuminating kerosene was chosen to fuel early military jet engines, largely because it was readily available and its use would not interfere with the need for gasoline, which was in short supply during wartime.
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The proposed interim exposure limits for the military fuels correspond with the U.S. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's recommencled regulatory levels for more-volatile petroleum ciistillates (NTOSH, 1976~.
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Chapter 2 contains descriptions of the physical and chemical properties of the three fuels. Chapter 3 describes the toxicoicinetic effects of exposure to the fuel vapors; Chapter 4 discusses the testing and monitoring of the fuels; Chapters 5 through 9 report on the effects of fuel-vapor exposure on the Iciclney, blood, central nervous system, Chapters 10 and ~ ~ provide data on the carcinogenic and genotoxic effects of exposure, and Chapter 12 summarizes dermal and ocular toxicity stucties conducted on several fuels.
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guidelines for limiting such exposures will have to be developed because of concern that the toxicity is greater from the less-volatile fractions in aerosols than from the more-volatile fractions in vapors. In addition, the subcommittee notes that the International Agency for Research on Cancer (lARC)
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