Abstract

The laboratory and pilot plant research worker in optics encounters a wide range of chemicals. In many cases there are little data available on the effects from exposure. One is not normally concerned with handling gram amounts of material once or twice a year, but frequently interesting materials are followed for extended periods resulting in chronic exposure to low concentrations over a period of time. Some of you are acquainted with the data base available on the toxic effects from these chemicals. For those of you who are not, I intend to introduce you to selected sources of information and prepare you for the interpretation of that data. In the second part of my talk I will discuss one control technique -- the laboratory hood and how one can use it effectively.

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