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Rosmuller, N. (author), Trijssenaar, I. (author), Reinders, J. (author), Blokker, P. (author)Accidents with hazardous materials may threaten the lives of people living in the direct environment of the transportation infrastructure. In many countries, fire brigades play a major role in advising the authorities when they are dealing with issues where hazardous materials are involved. Since emergency responders have to deal with injured...article 2012
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Feron, V.J. (author), Arts, J.H.E. (author), Kuper, C.F. (author), Slootweg, P.J. (author), Woutersen, R.A. (author)Health risks of inhaled nasal toxicants were reviewed with emphasis on chemically induced nasal lesions in humans, sensory irritation, olfactory and trigeminal nerve toxicity, nasal immunopathology and carcinogenesis, nasal responses to chemical mixtures, in vitro models, and nasal dosimetry- and metabolism-based extrapolation of nasal data in...article 2001
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van Haelst, A.G. (author), Hansen, B.G. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)One of the four steps within Council Regulation 793/93/EEC on the evaluation and control of existing chemicals is the priority setting step. The priority setting step is concerned with selecting high-priority substances from a large number of substances, initially starting with 2,474 high-production-volume chemicals. In order to be able to...article 2000
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Technisch Physische Dienst TNO - TH (author), Baumann, M. (author), Roland, A.I. (author), Schmidt-Naake, G. (author), Fischer, H.R. (author)The synthesis of polystyrene-block-poly(styrene-co acrylonitrile) block copolymers by conversion of polystyrene terminated with 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl (TEMPO) are described. We have found a considerable acceleration in polymerization rate and increasing of molecular weights due to the donor acceptor interaction of styrene and...article 2000
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Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO TNO Voeding (author), Woutersen, R.A. (author)Acrylonitrile is a monomer used extensively as a raw material in the manufacturing of acrylic fibers, plastics, synthetic rubbers, and acrylamide. It has been classified as a probable human carcinogen according to the results of numerous chronic rat bioassays. The present report summarizes the toxicity data on acrylonitrile and reviews available...article 1998