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Div 12 Furnishings

    1,1'-Azobis(formamide)
1,1'-Methylenebis(4-Isocyanatobenzene)
Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)
Chlorine
    Chromium Compunds
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)
Ethanolamine (2-Aminoethanol)
Ethylenediamine
    Formaldehyde
Glutaraldehyde
Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI)
Isocyanates
    Plastic dust
Polyvinyl chloride [PVC]
Styrene
Toluene
    Triethylenetetramine
Urea-Formaldehyde
Wood dust
 

 

Plastic dust

Where is it Commonly Found?

Including but not limited to:
Acrylics
Chlorinated polyethylene (CPE)
Chlorinated polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC)
Chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSPE)
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
Polyethylene (PE)
Polypropylene (PP)
Polystyrene (PS)
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

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 The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Link 1 The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Link 2