Research Catalog

Title

Acrolein / first draft prepared by R. Gomes and M.E. Meek, and M. Eggleton.

Author

Gomes, R.

Publication

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Meek, M. E.
• Eggleton, M.
• United Nations Environment Programme.
• International Labour Organisation.
• World Health Organization.
• Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals.
• International Program on Chemical Safety.

Description

iv, 46 pages : illustrations; 30 cm.

Summary

This book evaluates the risk to human health and the environment posed by exposures to Acrolein. Acrolein is a clear, colorless liquid with an intensively acrid odor. It is released to the atmosphere as a product of fermentation and ripening processes. It is also emitted by forest fires as a product of incomplete combustion. In Canada, acrolein is used mainly as an aquatic herbicide in irrigation canals and as a microbiocide in produced water during oil exploration. Based upon studies conducted primarily in laboratory animals, adverse health effects associated with exposure to acrolein are mostly confined to the tissue of first contact (i.e., the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts after inhalation and ingestion, respectively) and are concentration related.--Publisher's description.

Series Statement

Concise international chemical assessment document, 1020-6167 ; 43

Uniform Title

Concise international chemical assessment document ; 43.

Subject

• Acrolein > Physiological effect
• Acrolein > Toxicology
• Risk assessment
• Acrolein > adverse effects
• Acrolein > toxicity
• Environmental Exposure
• Occupational Exposure
• Risk Assessment
• risk assessment
• Contrôle sanitaire
• Effets sur l'environnement
• Produits chimiques organiques
• Substances toxiques
• Acrolein
• Toxiciteit
• Blootstelling
• Gezondheidseffecten
• Arbeidshygiëne
• Veiligheid
• CHEMICALS
• TOXIC SUBSTANCES
• RISK ASSESSMENT
• CHEMICAL SAFETY
• ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Note

• "Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation, and the World Health Organization, and produced within the framework of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-38).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the World Wide Web.

Language (note)

• Summary in French and Spanish.

Contents

Identity and physical/chemical properties -- Analytical methods -- Sources of human and environmental exposure -- Environmental transport, distribution, and transformation -- Environmental levels and human exposure -- Comparative kinetics and metabolism in laboratory animals and humans -- Effects on laboratory mammals and in vitro test systems -- Effects on humans -- Effects on other organisms in the laboratory and field -- Effects evaluation -- Previous evaluations by international bodies.

ISBN

• 9789241530439
• 924153043X

OCLC

• ocm51104053
• 51104053
• SCSB-1274928

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library