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Asthma Triggers and Asthmagens

    (2-Aminoethyl)ethanolamine
1,1'-Azobis(formamide)
1,1'-Methylenebis(4-Isocyanatobenzene)
Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)
    Chlorine
Chromium Compunds
Colophony (or Rosin)
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)
    Di-n-hexylphthalate (DNHP)
Di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP)
Di-n-pentyl phthalate (DNPP)
Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
    Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)
Diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP)
Diisoheptyl phthalate
Diisononyl phthalate (DINP)
    Epoxy
Ethanolamine (2-Aminoethanol)
Ethylenediamine
Formaldehyde
    Glutaraldehyde
Hard metals
Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI)
Isocyanates
    Isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI)
Maleic anhydride
Methacrylates
Methyl 2-cyanoacrylate
    Methyl methacrylate
Methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride
N,N-Dimethylethanolamine
Plastic dust
    Polyvinyl chloride [PVC]
Styrene
Toluene
Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)
    Triethylenetetramine
Urea-Formaldehyde
Wood dust
 

 

Chromium Compunds
CAS# 18540-29-9

Where is it Commonly Found?

Chromium pigments for paints and textile
Leather tanning
Wood preservation

During the manufacturing processes of the following substances:
Anti-corrosion coatings
Chrome plating
Chrome chemical production
Stainless steel fabrication

ASTHMA TRIGGER AND / OR ASTHMAGEN?
Condition is True
Asthma Trigger
Condition is True
Asthmagen

*We are following the European Union principles on asthma where the focus is on evidence that a substance has the ability to cause asthma, rather than on the existence of a specific underlying mechanism.

Sources

Asmanet -The Table of Agents and Substances that cause Occupational Asthma Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) European Union Health and Safety Executive Hazmap (Chemicals Associated with Occupational Asthma)