Source reduction for prevention of methylene chloride hazards: cases from four industrial sectors

Source reduction for prevention of methylene chloride hazards: cases from four industrial sectors

BACKGROUND Source reduction, defined as chemical, equipment and process changes that intervene in an industrial process to eliminate or reduce hazards, has not figured as a front-line strategy for the protection of workers' health. Such initiatives are popular for environmental protection, but their feasibility and effectiveness as an industrial hygiene approach have not been well described. ...

New rules for methylene chloride.

Background: Dogs have the second largest number of genetic diseases, after humans. Among the diseases present in dogs, progressive retinal atrophy has been reported in more than a hundred breeds. In some of them, the mutation has been identified and genetic tests have allowed the identification of carriers, thus enabling a drastic reduction in the incidence of the disease. The Finnish lapphund ...

Measurement of methylene chloride.

I read with great interest the paper ‘Characteristics of peaks of inhalation exposure to organic solvents’ (Preller et al., 2004). I noticed that the authors used the MiniRAE Plus Professional Photoionization Detector (PID) (RAE Systems USA) to measure the total organic solvents exposure. My company, Shawcity Ltd, has represented RAE Systems in the UK for 10 years, and we are therefore very fam...

Methylene chloride burns.

A young man was asked to clean out the residues of an acetate methylene chloride mixture from the sides and bottom of an open vessel some 3ft (1 m) in diameter and 3ft 6ins (1-2 m) deep. He was instructed to use a detergent, hot water, scrubbing brush, and a scraper for the job, but as he had seen the maintenance engineer cleaning the pipework of acetate residue with methylene chloride, he deci...

Development Support Document for Methylene Chloride