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Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants Volume 3 (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 165-174

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... of a substance above which it is predicted that the general population, including susceptible individuals, could experience irreversible or other serious, long-lasting adverse health effects or an impaired ability to escape. AEGL-3 is the airborne concentration (expressed as ppm or mg/m3)
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... , commonly known as the Superfund Act. Its mission is to serve the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to toxic substances.
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... . A CEGL is defined as a ceiling concentration designed to prevent any immediate or delayed adverse health effect or degradation in crew performance resulting from a continuous exposure lasting up to 90 days.9 EEGL.
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... Permanent damage or injury to health. Emergency exposure guidance levels (EEGLs)
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... biologically significant increases in frequency or severity of adverse effects between the exposed population and its appropriate control group."2 Minimal risk level (MRL)
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... The "ratio of the risk of a disease or death among the exposed to that among the unexposed" or the "ratio of the cumulative incidence rate in the exposed to the cumulative incidence rate in the unexposed."19 15 See http://www.osha.gov/ for more information. 16 OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
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... Long-term SMACs are intended to avoid adverse health effects (either immediate or delayed) and to avoid degradation in crew performance with continuous exposure in a closed space-station environment for as long as 180 days." SMACs were developed for astronauts (healthy individuals)
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... . "SEAL 1 is defined as the maximum concentration of a gas in a disabled submarine below which healthy submariners can be exposed for up to 10 days without experiencing reversible health effects.
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... A system used in the submarine engine room to clear the air of oil mists.8 Volatile organic compounds. Volatile organic compounds are "organic compounds that evaporate readily into the air.
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Key Terms

  • guidance levels
  • guidance level
  • exposure limit
  • continuous exposure
  • emergency exposure

  • permissible exposure
  • acute exposure
  • public emergency
  • exposure guideline
  • emergency guidance

  • industrial hygienists
  • action levels
  • appropriate control
  • spacecraft maximum
  • maximum allowable

  • threshold limit
  • biologically significant
  • occupational safety
  • guideline levels
  • submarine escape

  • escape action
  • minimal risk
  • recommended exposure
  • exposure level
  • ceiling concentration

  • limit value
  • allowable concentrations
  • lethal concentration
  • forced vital
  • exposed population


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