US EPA

1483137 

Journal Article 

Hygienic guide series: Stoddard solvent. (Mineral spirits, white spirits) 

Mcdermott, HJ 

1975 

Yes 

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
ISSN: 0002-8894 

HEEP/76/12384 

36 

7 

553-558 

HEEP COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. Stoddard solvent is a mixture of straight and branched chain paraffins, naphthenes (cycloparaffins) and alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons. This guide summarizes significant physical properties of Stoddard solvent; hygienic standards (recommended maximal atmospheric concentration (threshold limit value), short exposure tolerance and atmospheric concentration immediately hazardous to life); toxic properties (following inhalation, skin contact, eye contact and ingestion); industrial hygiene practice (industrial uses, exposure evaluation, hazards and their recommended control) and medical information (including emergency procedures). Stoddard solvent is a CNS depressant (animals and humans) and an eye and skin irritant (human tests); dermatitis is the most common occupational health problem associated with the use of Stoddard solvent in industry. If the hydrocarbon is ingested and aspirated into the lungs at the time of ingestion, serious bronchopneumonia which may be fatal within 2-24 h occurs.