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Technical Report 
WHO EHC 
Environmental Health Criteria 81: Vanadium 
International Programme on Chemical Safety :: IPCS 
1988 
World Health Organization 
Geneva, Switzerland 
Environmental Health Criteria 81 
English 
This document provides practical guidance on the application of exposure limitation guidelines contained in Environmental Health Criteria 81 (see 89-934). Contents: identity and uses of vanadium and its salts; human health hazards; health surveillance and first aid; safety in storage and use; environmental hazards; summary of chemical safety information for use in the workplace; current regulations and guidelines. Vanadium pentoxide and vanadium sulfide cause skin irritation; vanadium halides cause skin burns. On inhlation, vanadium pentoxide dust and fume are acute and chronic irritants. 
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