Fluorine, occupational exposure

Poika-AntiiM, HeikkilaJ, Saarinen L Cardiac arrhythmias during occupational exposure to fluorinated hydrocarbons. Br J Ind Med 47 138-140, 1990... 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration permissible exposure limits for various corrosives are as follows glacial acetic acid, 10 ppm acetic anhydride, 5 ppm hydrofluoric acid, 3 ppm sulfuric acid, lmgm oxalic acid, lmgm nitric acid, 2 ppm bromine, 0.1 ppm chlorine, Ippm fluorine, 1 ppm hydrochloric acid, 5 ppm. 

Contact between the skin and high concentrations of fluorine gas under pressure will produce burns comparable to thermal burns along with chemical burn effects contact with lower concentrations results in a chemical type of burn resembling that caused by acid. A TLV of 1 ppm (2 mg/m ) for an 8-hour day for fluorine has been adopted by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. [2] The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration s 8-hour time-weighted average exposure limit is 0.1 ppm (0.2 mg/m ). [3]... 

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