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RECORD NUMBER: 46 OF 847Main Title | Air Pollution Assessment of Benzene. | |||||||||||
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Author | Walker., P. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Mitre Corp., McLean, Va.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1976 | |||||||||||
Report Number | MTR-7188; EPA-68-02-1495; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB-256 734 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Air pollution ; Benzene ; Air pollution control ; Waste disposal ; Chemical industry ; Industrial hygiene ; Assessment ; Toxicity ; Physical properties ; Chemical properties ; Material handling ; Crude oil ; Coal ; Industrial wastes ; Physiological effects ; Research ; Concentration(Composition) ; Sources ; Solvents ; Effluents ; Ventilation ; Maintenance ; Air pollution effects(Humans) ; Air pollution effects(Animals) ; Environmental chemical substitutes ; Carcinogens ; Stationary sources | |||||||||||
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Collation | 110p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Benzene acts primarily as a central nervous system depressant although it has also been shown to cause hematopoietic dysfunction and myelotoxicity in humans and animals. Production of benzene in the U.S. can utilize both coal and petroleum; however, the majority of the production is petroleum derived. Exposure of the human population to benzene can ensue not only from production facility emissions, but from usage of the compound, from oil spills, gasoline evaporation, and coke oven emissions. Control technology has been developed which, if utilized, can provide protection to industrial workers. |