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Div 07 Thermal and Moisture Protection

    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)
Ethylenediamine
Formaldehyde
    Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI)
Isocyanates
Isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI)
Maleic anhydride
    Methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride
Plastic dust
Polyvinyl chloride [PVC]
Styrene
    Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)
Triethylenetetramine
Urea-Formaldehyde
 

 

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