7. Environmental aspects: health and safety

7.1 Health and safety

As the raw materials used are mainly liquid, their risks stem from this nature:

chemical toxicity (by inhalation of vapours, aerosols or fumes, ingestion, contact with (or penetration through) the skin, etc.) ;
FIRE ATTACK;
accident (slipping on untreated puddles).

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Environmental aspects: health and safety

(1) - BAYER - Production de mousses polyuréthanes (PUR) rigides - PU21012_fr.pdf (30/06/2004).
(2) - LEPPKES (R.) - Polyurethanes [elastogran] – 2000 - Materials...

Publication Crain Communication Ltd (UTECH conference publications) – Years 1996 to 2008

http://www.urethanes-technology.com/
Isopa website publications

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Alliance for the polyurethane industry

http://www.polyurethane.org/s_api/index.asp
French Plastics Federation

http://www.laplasturgie.fr
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Suppliers of materials or machines (possibly abroad). Non-exhaustive information.

Raw materials
- Base materials for polyurethanes – Polyethers, polyesters, isocyanates – List of test methods – Summary standard. – Classification number: T52-100. - NF T52-100 - Août 1980
- Plastics – Polyols for polyurethane production – Water dosing. - ISO 14897 - Juin 2002
- Plastics – Base materials for polyurethanes – Polyethers and polyesters – Water dosing. Classification...