NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 63: Occupational Exposure to Titanium Dioxide
- Resource Type
- Document
- Resource Owner
- Federal Agency
- Description
- In this Current Intelligence Bulletin, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reviews the animal and human data relevant to assessing the carcinogenicity of titanium dioxide (TiO2) (Chapters 2 and 3), presents a quantitative risk assessment using dose-response data in rats for both cancer (lung tumors) and noncancer (pulmonary inflammation) responses and extrapolation to humans with lung dosimetry modeling (Chapter 4), provides recommended exposure limits (RELs) for fine and ultrafine (including engineered nanoscale) TiO2 (Chapter 5), describes exposure monitoring techniques and exposure control strategies (Chapter 6), and discusses avenues of future research (Chapter 7). This report only addresses occupational exposures by inhalation, and conclusions derived here should not be inferred to pertain to nonoccupational exposures. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, “Occupational Exposure to Titanium Dioxide,” NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 63 (April 2011), DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2011-160, https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5922.
- URL
- https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2011-160/default.html
- Year
- 2011
- Technical Areas
- Emerging Topics
- Target Audiences
- Researcher
