From: "Stuart, Ralph" <Ralph.Stuart**At_Symbol_Here**KEENE.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Grassroots lab safety examples?
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:49:39 +0000
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
Message-ID: 33AC16E4-43B1-4134-86AD-81FD734456DA**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu
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>Replacement of hexanes with pentane. The neurological effects of n-hexanes are well known since 1960 through occupational studies

Good example. Another example of this discovery was related to auto mechanics in California.
http://www.elcosh.org/document/3543/d000830/California%2BHazard%2BAlert%2B-%2Bn-Hexane%2Buse%2Bin%2BVehicle%2BRepair.html?show_text=1

> >Please remember, I am not a toxicologist, and only toxicologist can interpret toxicological data.

Is this true? I often see toxicological data on Safety Data Sheets, which have a much broader audience than toxicologists.

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Environmental Safety Manager
Keene State College
603 358-2859

ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu

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