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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1970 July DOC#: NMA169 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Progressive Architecture Article - Hazardous Materials Hazardous Materials How the design and application of some materials m create studying these probtous aad are coo- W r iS T n i^ w *t o " * J * _ reported by the Chief Specifications W ntar New York. eideriBg ordinaaeas which may pre clude the use ox such material* when tkey are exposed ia a ir handling de A recent New T o rt C ity ordi- c M t the t U i nilaw i i s the nae of inaBhtioL The New \ ork C ity A ir Resources Commi- " hm azace instituted strict " f * 1 th e appliration a t sprayed " **** & n protection to protect both the iaetalier* aad the -- -- r 1 to r public. Th**e ordiasnees require the ror* ted aa aader t e a t r a M condi tions. T a r products have bom known P TM * -kin irritations aad rash es Some sextants hsre acrid fumes tbmt be harmful to peopM who arc sensitise and allergic to these Pwpertwn. It is nueutmi that -- -- - fa ^ u rer. recognise throe problem. * o g a t wtop pnuutkiA&r>' pittfritm t roduee aad miaimise these haxards " * * "d u irm the sealing or eeatiag these fibrous materials ia ceiling plenum areas. So" * material*, anch aa urethane foams, have bees kao_ to give off * * * * * when expound to fire hd are prasaamd to have leiAal ctfecta upon individual ........... . to ttese fume*. The new New York C xtv Building Code, nactej 1955. roli. U lf* * rnaii-st the use of i trtich _ic work ia tc be performed by " t e n s at Urpeuiiaa or temporary en*lo" rte : < * at approved b u m of tfiaeo masks; eranuag ai^as: cioui* * up opermtfcms s ta ir iastaUati.-n: ' vacuuming o f dropping* iato aaaiad cratatDen and dicpctal ia approved sanitary U b . Awareness o f thia hasard should prampi at. to antatna all o f the boiMiag materials that are currently employed, and especially the mao made product* o f chemistry in order to learn s to u t their p m jn ii.i tiaaeer. I f we caa raeogoiae the proi.Wm arm s we atouM he able to miniause thetr haaarda Saturn aieterisie pose rartiin p n b l m i d a ria r installation. Other materials caa preaeet certain i aa a rem it of their n poeure in the completed design. O u n r application, there are " mtiaes materials that require spe cial precautions. Spray fibers for f a thermal insulation. fireproofing. and m a d eolation, whether thrr eoo taia aahostoa. asiaeral wool. or aim_i Her Ih sri. caa anto te the *-- Where with irritant* tto l may be >harmful upoa tnhaiaUoa. E ar tenure c f the arena where these eperatioas _" r " n ^ Beooaaary. M ixins of etatue paxat* aad eantiasa that may be si-ge . C -.iiU atlor* am i in stallers should be cautioned aad they should introduce aafetr mmroiwe for the protection of personnel involved o these appEeatiom. For oanay years architect* aad enrineers have d u i r u d twiiiiiiq with component* that are aow bains' rexocmxed a* oaring a deltterioro M is t upon the inhabitants. For example. a i* shafts, and ceiling- plenums utilised for *he moremest of supply or return air tre sometimes band with fiber-Uha mntanal* such as .t-- -- miners* wu>, fin fjlm . Tim e materials a te used fer either fire-ro- itelte propeitiro la the p i........ * * * * * or for sound iaolatioo or ther mal iasulatioa ia duets and air hefla. T hey are eonatontly being eroded by air movement mi the pm- tr ie s are earned iato the air sop- N h d ia the habitable arena Studies being rnnrturted by s u re - authorrUen indicate prosible con- taminatioo of the air supply that *> caeae irritation. a t the least, and serious health haaarda at the worst. Details of itnsigni should be reexam ined to place these m aterial eraa fly i f possible, ea t of the air OMT llUX -- ... " l" 1 incineration that are more toxic than those produced b> the burritsy at amort nr papnr W tiU im rtrn d a rd te st m ethod has Seer! prom ,, .p a ted to evaluate the d e g re e o f toxicity of burning wood o r paper * coo.uared to olher materials, must begin to take eownisaaee of these materiel as possible health hnsards when subjected to fire. It is a well known fact that more fatalities oeeur fro m sm v a n d g a s iska.'itica than from fire itself, la the dianstrouxx Boston Coeoiaaut Grove fire. 41 mv to#if I t o t o , liMCfur^ut pvt i m v q from the effects at smoke aad f i n e s developed by the burnisg o f cm tad decorations, than from fiamaa pro duced by the fire. Many plastics used is buiH icr eaaalrucUue should be tanted fo: amoke development aad fuel eoatrihutioo. ro well aa fiaaro aprrod char- tu d e iairo im auetuex ui the event of fire, the effects of - ~ o -- will he a contributory cause for fatal ities. la addition, a amaoiagfu. Stan<t>rd teat procedure should he deviloped to measure the toxicity reauhiag from the burniag of au ten a ls to ascertain the level at which certain of these material might be cm sidared detnmaatal to the health aad Of Lk* mKfitufiap^ * * * * * m. or by coatiag ml aaalim L th*** aurfaem when there u so other solution. Same 'municipal bodim are //