Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers

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Table A–4. Benchmark dose estimates * and associated human working lifetime airborne concentrations—dichotomous responsedata in rats or mice exposed to SWCNT by intratracheal instillation (dose metric: administered lung dose)Rodent HumanHuman working lifetimeairborne concentration(µg/m 3 ) †Rodent study, CNT type, and responseBMD ‡, §(µg/lung)BMDL(µg/lung)BMD(mg/lung)BMDL(mg/lung) BMC BMCLLam et al. [2004]— SWCNT (2% Fe)Granuloma (at 90 d) in mice45 7.6 84 14 10 1.7* Benchmark response level—10% excess (added) risk in exposed animal [US EPA 2010].† 8-hr time weighted average (TWA) concentration associated with the human-equivalent BMD(L)s. BMC: maximum likelihood estimate of the benchmark concentration.BMCL: 95% lower confidence limit of BMC.‡ BMD: estimated benchmark dose (maximum likelihood estimate). BMDL: estimated 95% lower confidence limit of the BMD; multistage (polynomial degree 2) model[US EPA 2010].§ P value: 1.0112 NIOSH CIB 65 • Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers
Table A–5. Benchmark dose estimates and associated working lifetime airborne concentrations—grade 1 or higher severity oflung responses in rats after subchronic inhalation of MWCNT (dose metric: estimated deposited or retained dose in lungs)Human working lifetimeairborne concentration ‡(µg/m 3 )Rodent HumanBMD †BMDLBMDRodent study and response * (µg/lung) (µg/lung) (mg/lung)BMDL(mg/lung) BMC BMCLDeposited lung dose (assuming no clearance)Ma-Hock et al. [2009]Granulomatous inflammation21 8.1 5.4 2.1 0.51 0.19Pauluhn [2010a]Alveolar septal thickening28 14 7.2 3.5 0.77 0.38Retained lung dose (assuming normal clearance)Ma-Hock et al. [2009]Granulomatous inflammation11 3.8 2.7 0.97 2.7 1.0Pauluhn [2010a]Alveolar septal thickening14 6.5 3.6 1.7 4.2 1.9* Histopathology grade 1 (minimal) or higher severity. Benchmark response level—10% excess (added) risk in exposed animals.† BMD: estimated benchmark dose (maximum likelihood estimate). BMDL: estimated 95% lower confidence limit of the BMD; multistage (polynomial degree 2) [US EPA2010]. P values for the rodent dose-response models: 0.99 for Ma-Hock et al. [2009] and 0.88 for Pauluhn et al. [2010a] (deposited dose); 1.0 for Ma-Hock et al. [2009]and 0.94 for Pauluhn [2010a] (retained dose).‡ 8-hr time weighted average (TWA) concentration associated with the human-equivalent BMD(L)s. BMC: maximum likelihood estimate of the benchmark concentration;BMCL: 95% lower confidence limit of the BMC.NIOSH CIB 65 • Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers113
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 65Occ
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Current Intelligence Bulletin 65Occ
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ForewordThe Occupational Safety and
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Executive SummaryOverviewCarbon nan
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2009; Pauluhn 2010a; Porter et al.
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neurogenic sig nals from sensory ir
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possible. Until the results from an
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••Follow exposure and hazard as
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Periodic Evaluations••Evaluatio
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ContentsForeword ..................
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A.3.2 Comparison of Short-term and
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AcknowledgementsThis Current Intell
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1 IntroductionMany nanomaterial-bas
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2 Potential for ExposureThe novel a
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CNMs, with MWCNT agglomerates obser
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composite materials with local exha
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information on air contaminants. Sa
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3 Evidence for Potential Adverse He
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decreasing agglomerate size increas
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examined up to 60 days post-exposur
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3.3 SWCNT and MWCNTIntraperitoneal
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The same potency sequence was obser
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Table 3-3. Findings from published
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length, respectively) [Muller et al
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5 CNT Risk Assessment and Recommend
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A-6). Risk estimates derived from o
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Table 5-4. Factors, assumptions, an
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and analytical methods. NIOSH is re
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Table 5-5. Recommended occupational
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deficits in animals or clinically s
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(3) Rat lung dose estimationIn the
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tasks where worker exposures exceed
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As part of the evaluation of worker
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Table 6-1. EC LODs and LOQs for 25-
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6.2 Engineering ControlsOne of the
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Table 6-6 (Continued). Examples of
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