EPA IRIS Assessment Sets Ammonia Risk Value Stricter Than OSHA Limit

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September 21, 2016 at 05:52 PM
EPA's recent assessment of the human health risks of ammonia, a substance used to produce fertilizer, detergent and other products, adopts a risk value that is far more stringent than limits that OSHA and NIOSH have published to protect workers and which industry urged EPA to adopt though it is slightly weaker than EPA's 1991 standard.