Isocyanate Medical

Isocyanates | NIOSH | CDC - Centers for Disease …

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Isocyanates are a family of highly reactive, low molecular weight chemicals. They are widely used in the manufacture of flexible and rigid foams, fibers, coatings such as paints and varnishes, and elastomers, and are increasingly used in the automobile industry, autobody repair, and building insulation … See more

Isocyanates - Overview | Occupational Safety and Health …

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Isocyanates are compounds containing the isocyanate group (-NCO). They react with compounds containing alcohol (hydroxyl) groups to produce polyurethane polymers, …

What are Isocyanates? Respiratory Protection to Consider

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The health effects associated with isocyanate exposure can include skin irritation, eye irritation, chest tightness and difficulty breathing. [ii] Isocyanates also have …

Isocyanate - Wikipedia

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Isocyanates - Additional Resources | Occupational …

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(February 2019). Through the OSHA Alliance Program, the American Chemistry Council’s Aliphatic Diisocyanates Panel developed a guidance document as a resource for …

Methyl Isocyanate | Medical Management Guidelines

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Methyl isocyanate is irritating and corrosive to the eyes, respiratory tract, and skin. Acute exposure to high vapor concentrations may cause severe pulmonary edema and injury to …

Preventing Asthma and Death from Diisocyanate …

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/96-111/default.html

Diisocyanates are a group of low-molecular-weight aromatic and aliphatic compounds. The most common of these are toluene diisocyanate (TDI), methylene bisphenyl isocyanate …

Testing For Isocyanates | David Barber Occupational Health

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Isocyanates are one of the leading causes of occupational asthma in the UK. As respiratory sensitisers, exposures to isocyanates should be kept as low as …

Isocyanates < Occupational

https://medicine.yale.edu/intmed/occmed/research/projects/isocyanates/

Our initial research interest in isocyanates (cross-linking agents widely used used to produce all polyurethane products) stemmed from YOEMP's clinical experience and …

Isocyanate Medicals | KINNECT

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Isocyanates are hazardous chemicals that are used in the manufacturing of polyurethane foams, rubbers and plastics. They are also present in the use of varnishes, adhesives …