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Main Title Support: Epidemiology Studies of Xerox Employees Exposed to Toner, with Attachments, and Cover Letter dated 11/15/2000. (Sanitized).
CORP Author Xerox Corp., Stamford, CT.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Toxic Substances.
Year Published 2000
Report Number 8EHQ-1100-06518
Stock Number OTS0513457-3
Additional Subjects Toxicology ; Health effects ; Epidemiology ; Acute toxicity ; CAS No 123-03-5 ; CAS No 557-05-1 ; CAS No 1309-37-1 ; CAS No 1309-38-2 ; CAS No 1333-86-4 ; CAS No 4196-86-5 ; CAS No 7631-86-9 ; CAS No 9002-88-4 ; CAS No 9003-07-0 ; CAS No 39382-26-7 ; CAS No 63148-65-2
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NTIS  OTS0513457-3 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
As part of Xerox's ongoing commitment to their employees and customers, the company has sponsored a set of large, complex health studies. The Xerox 'Health Studies' have been underway since 1982 and include both studies of animals exposed to very high concentrations of specially prepared toner as well as studies of toner-exposed employees. These worker studies include an 'Employee Health Study' (a study which consists of results from lung function tests and a health questionnaire on Xerox manufacturing workers and Service Engineers), and a 'Mortality Study'(a study that was done to see if there were any trends in the causes of death of Xerox employees indicative of possible risks from toner). The studies complement one another in terms of offering evidence of any hazards associated with exposure to toner. The most recent findings of the 'Mortality Study' were reviewed in a separate report. This monograph summarizes the data from the 'Employee Health Study'. The program included voluntary participants in Monroe County, New York (2225 people), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (329 people), Venray, Holland (905 people) and U.S. customer service engineers (4157 people). The protocol included standardized questions on respiratory symptoms and diseases and spirometry, a test of lung function. The design of the study is cross-sectional, that is on health status of the workers at a particular point in time. The focus is on the potential effect of toner on the lungs.