Spacecraft water exposure guidelines for selected contaminants. Volume 2 / Subcommittee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines.

Series:

Spacecraft water exposure guidelines for selected contaminants ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space vehicles--Water-supply.

Space vehicles.

Water--Pollution--Health aspects.

Water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (534 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The International Space Station is a closed and complex environment, so some contamination of its internal atmosphere and water system is expected. To protect space crews from contaminants in potable and hygiene water, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) requested that the National Research Council (NRC) provide guidance on how to develop water exposure guidelines and review NASA's development of the exposure guidelines for specific chemicals. NASA selects water contaminants for which spacecraft water exposure guidelines (SWEGs) will be established; this involves identifying toxicity effects relevant to astronauts and calculating exposure concentrations on the basis of those end points. SWEGs are established for exposures of 1, 10, 100, and 1,000 days. This report is the second volume in the series, Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Chemicals. SWEG reports for acetone, alkylamines, ammonia, barium, cadmium, caprolactam, formate, formaldehyde, manganese, total organic carbon, and zinc are included in this report. The committee concludes that the SWEGs developed for these chemicals are scientifically valid based on the data reviewed by NASA and are consistent with the NRC (2000) report, Methods for Developing Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines. SWEG reports for additional chemicals will be presented in a subsequent volume.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Appendixes""; ""1 Acetone""; ""2 Ammonia""; ""3 Barium and Barium Salts""; ""4 C1-C4 Mono-, Di-, and Trialkylamines""; ""5 Cadmium (Inorganic Salts)""; ""6 Caprolactam""; ""7 Formaldehyde""; ""8 Formate""; ""9 Manganese (Inorganic Salts)""; ""10 Total Organic Carbon""; ""11 Zinc and Zinc Salts (Inorganic)""

Notes:

"This project was supported by Grant No. NAG 9-1451 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration."--T.p. verso.

Publication from: National Academies Press website.

Available through NAP.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-18007-4

1-280-84469-8

9786610844692

0-309-66693-7

OCLC:

923277856