Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants

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Spacecraft Maximum
Allowable Concentrations
for Selected Airborne
Contaminants
Volume 1
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Spacecraft Maximum Allowable
Concentrations for Selected
Airborne Contaminants
Volume 1
Subcommittee on Spacecraft Maximum
Allowable Concentrations
Committee on Toxicology
Board on Environmental Studies
and Toxicology
Commission on Life Sciences
National Research Council
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C., 1994
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Subcommittee on Spacecraft
Maximum Allowable Concentrations
DONALDE. GARDNER (Chair), ManTech Environmental Technology,
Inc., Research Triangle Park, N.C.
JOSEPH BRADY, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
RICHARD BULL, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.
GARYP. CARLSON, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
CHARLES E. FEIGLEY, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
MARY E. GAULDEN, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical
School, Dallas, Tex.
WILLIAM E. HALPER_, National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio
ROGENEF. HENDERSON, Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental
Research Institute, Albuquerque, N.Mex.
MARSHALL JOHNSON, Thomas Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, Pa.
RALPHL. KODELL, National Center for Toxicological Research,
Jefferson, Ark.
ROBERTSNYDER, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Institute, Piscataway, N.J.
BERNARDM. WAGNER, Wagner Associates, Millburn, N.J.
G. DONALD WHEDON, Consultant, Clearwater Beach, Fla.
GAROLDS. YOST, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Staff
KULBm S. BAKSnI, Project Director and Program Director
RICHARD D. THOMAS, Program Director (until May 1994)
RUTHE. CROSSGROVE, Editor
CATHERINE M. KtraIK, Senior Program Assistant
NIANI StrrmtoJO, Project Assistant
Sponsor." National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Committee on Toxicology
ROGENEF. HENDERSON(Chair), Lovelace Biomedical and
Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, N.Mex.
R. HAYSBELL, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y.
DEANE. CARTER, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
DEBORAHA. CORY-SLECHTA, University of Rochester School of
Medicine, Rochester, N.Y.
CHARLESEo FEIGLEY, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
DONALD E. GARDNER, ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc.,
Research Triangle Park, N.C.
DAVIDW. GAYLOR, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson,
Ark.
WALDERICO M. GENEROSO, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tenn.
IAN A. GREAVES, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
SIDNEY GREEN, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Md.
CAROLE Ao KIMMEL, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, D.C.
LOREN D. KOLLER, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oreg.
ERNESTEUGENEMCCONNELL, Raleigh, N.C.
MICHELE A. MEDINSKY, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology,
Research Triangle Park, N.C.
ROBERTSNYDER, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J.
BAILUSWALKER, JR., University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City,
Okla.
HANSPETERR. Wrrscm, University of California, Davis, Calif.
GERALDN. WOGAN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, Mass.
GAROLDS. YOST, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Staff of Committee on Toxicology
KULBIRS. BAKSltI, Program Director
RICHARD D. THOMAS, Program Director (until May 1994)
MARVIN A. SCI-INEmERMAN, Senior Staff Scientist
Rtrru E. CROSSGROVE,Editor
CATHERINE M. KUBIK, Senior Program Assistant
Rtrrrl P. DArqOF/r, Project Assistant (until November 1993)
NIANI SUTARDJO, Project Assistant
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Board on Environmental
Studies and Toxicology
PAUL G. RISSER (Chair), Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
FREDERICK R. ANDERSON, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft,
Washington, D.C.
MICHAEL J. BEAN, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.
EULA BINGHAM,University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
EDWIN H. CLARK, Clean Sites, Inc., Alexandria, Va.
ALLAN H. CONNEY, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J.
JOHNL. EMMERSON, Eli Lilly & Company, Greenfield, Ind.
ROBERT C. FORNEY, Unionville, Pa.
ROBERT A. FROSCH, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
KAI LEE, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
JANELUBCHENCO, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore.
GORDON ORIANS, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
FRANK L. PARKER, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., and
Clemson University, Anderson, S.Car.
GEOFFREYPLACE, Hilton Head, S.Car.
DAVID P. RALL, Washington, D.C.
LESLIE A. REAL, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
KRISTIN SHRADER-FRECI-IETTE, University of South Florida, Tampa,
Fla.
GERALDVANBELLE, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
BAILUSWALKER, JR., Washington, D.C.
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Staff of Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
JAMESJ. REISA_ Director
DAVIDJ. POLICANSKY, Associate Director and Program Director for
Natural Resources and Applied Ecology
GAIn CHARNLEY, Acting Program Director for Human Toxicology
and Risk Assessment (since May 1994)
RICHARD D. THOMAS, Associate Director and Program Director for
Human Toxicology and Risk Assessment (until May 1994)
LEE R. PA_N, Program Director for Information Systems and
Statistics
RAYMOND A. WASSEL, Program Director for Environmental
Sciences and Engineering
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