American Industrial Health

The American Industrial Health Council (AIHC) was created in 1977 to address generic chronic health issues and has interests in chronic health testing such as may be used in TSCA 4 in a general sense. In addition to these two specific organizations, the wide range of trade associations serving particular industry segments have involved themselves with various aspects of TSCA. 

Gelardi RC, Mountford MK. 1993. infant formulas evidence of the absence of pesticide residues. Meeting of the American Industrial Health Council on the Domestic Agenda for Risk Assessment, Washington D.C., USA, December 1, 1992. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 17(2 Part 1) 181-192. 

One of the best ways to determine that potential is to examine the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), which by law in most jurisdictions must be provided by the manufacturer for any hazardous material used in the workplace and made available to the employees by plant management. The MSDS provides all the information necessary to determine the hazard potential and the requirements for control of any hazardous substance. Still other information can be found in the various guidelines published by the American Industrial Health Association, or by the U.S. National Safety Council, or by NIOSH (the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) or various other national, state, or provincial government bodies. (See Appendix II for information on sources.) Once you have an inventory, of course, you can start relating potential health problems to possible sources in particular areas. Also, in the process of preparing this report, you will begin to build an invaluable library that will stand you in good stead for further consideration of the problems at hand. 

AIHC (1994). Exposure Factors Source Book, American Industrial Health Council, Washington, DC, USA. 

Often, protective levels or other criteria for various chemicals in environmental media are developed. This characterization includes an evaluation of the data quality, specific assumptions, and uncertainties associated with each step, and the level of confidence in the resulting criteria. Alternative risk characterizations are also discussed. Specific key qualities, or attributes, of risk characterizations have been identified [American Industrial Health Council (AIHC), 1992 U.S. EPA, 2000b]. 

AIHC, Improving Risk Characterization. Summary of Workshop held September 26 and 27, 1991, American Industrial Health Council, 1992. 

Applicable target risk limits (TR) for health protection can be matched to levels specified by the environmental regulatory authority. Toxicological parameters for each contaminant can be determined from published references, such as the U S. EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Exposure rates correspond to the chronic rate of contact or intake of the affected exposure medium (air, water, soil) by the receptor under anticipated land use conditions. As a conservative measure, these rates can be estimated based on standard exposure factors published by the regulatory authority or other source (e.g., American Industrial Health Council) for the anticipated land use at the site (e.g., residential, commercial, etc.). 

AIHA American Industrial Health Association approx approximately... 

Two Generation Reproduction Study via Inhalation (With A. Neurotoxicology f Pathology Component) in Albino Rats Using Cyclohexanone, a study performed by American Biogenics Corp., Decatur, lU., for The Industrial Health Foundation, Mar. 1986. 

American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), 278 American Crop Protection Association (ACPA), 267, 278 American Cyanamid Agricultural Products Division, See BASF Agricultural Products Group (US), 216 American Fiber Manufacturers Association, hic. (AFMA), 268 American Hydrogen Association (AHA), 268 American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), 278 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE), 268 American Institute of Chemists, The (AIC), 268 American Methanol Institute (AMI), 268 American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS), 268 American Ordnance LLC, 216 American Pacific Corporation (AMPAC), 216 American Peptide Society (APS), 268... 

Dioxins are of concern because they accumulate in the biosphere, where they have highly deleterious effects. Tests have shown that when the concentration of dioxins in the blood of laboratory animals reaches a critical level, reproductive and immune system defects result. Moreover, recent data indicate that the concentration of dioxins in the blood of the average U.S. resident has nearly reached that level. A major reason is that dioxins are not veiy water-soluble, so they accumulate in the body rather than being readily processed and excreted. Consequently, several groups, including the American Public Health Association, have issued calls for phasing out the use of industrial chlorine. 

Abbreviations ACGIH, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists AIHA, American Industrial Hygiene Association NIOSH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health OSHA, Occupational Health and Safety Administtation. 

Guide to Health Records for Health Services in Small Industries Industrial Ventilation—A Manual of Recommended Practice Air Sampling Instruments for Evaluation of Atmospheric Contaminants American Industrial Hygiene Association, 66 South Miller Road, Akron, OH 44311-1087... 

American Public Health Association. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes American Pubhc Health Association, American Water Works Association, Water Pollution Control Pederation Washington, DC, 1955. 

Lillienberg L, Hogstedt B, Jarvholm B, ef uL 1992. Health effects at tank cleaners. American Industrial Hygiene Association 53(6) 375-380. 

American Medical Association Archives of Industrial Health, 12, 99-106. 

Other means of evaluating the toxic effects of vapors, and their potential impact on exposed people, can be found in the Emergency Response Planning Guidelines for Air Contaminants (ERPGs), issued by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (1992). The documents define values of exposure to toxic vapors needed to produce specific health effects. Three levels of vapor concentration are defined ... 

Schlecht, P. Crable, J. V. Kelly, W. "Industrial Hygiene," in Quality Assurance Practices in Health and Environmental Laboratories, American Public Health Association, 1977. 

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