Acrolein
By: first draft prepared by R. Gomes and M.E. Meek, and M. Eggleton.
Contributors: Meek, M. E.; Eggleton, M.; United Nations Environment Programme.; International Labour Organisation.; World Health Organization.; Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals.; International Program on Chemical Safety.
Series: Concise international chemical assessment document -- 43.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Acrolein -- Physiological effect.; Acrolein -- Toxicology.; Acrolein -- adverse effects.; Acrolein -- toxicity.; Occupational Exposure.; Environmental Exposure.; Risk Assessment.
Description: This book evaluates the risk to human health and the environment posed by exposures to Acrolein. Acrolein is a clear, colorless liquid with an intensively acrid odor. It is released to the atmosphere as a product of fermentation and ripening processes. It is also emitted by forest fires as a product of incomplete combustion. In Canada, acrolein is used mainly as an aquatic herbicide in irrigation canals and as a microbiocide in produced water during oil exploration. Based upon studies conducted primarily in laboratory animals, adverse health effects associated with exposure to acrolein are mostly confined to the tissue of first contact (i.e., the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts after inhalation and ingestion, respectively) and are concentration related.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation, and the World Health Organization, and produced within the framework of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals."

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-38).

Summary in French and Spanish.