![]() ![]() ![]() Many teenagers become addicted to thinner and due to lack of knowledge, parents and caregivers do not notice it or give it much attention. Paint thinners are often used as an inhalant, due to its accessibility and legality as a drug. In underdeveloped countries, workers commonly experience much higher exposure to these chemicals with consequent damage to their health. TLV is defined as the maximum concentration in air which can be breathed by a normal person (i.e., excluding children, pregnant women, etc.) in the course of 40 hours per week (a typical American work week), day after day through their work life without long-term ill effects. The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists has established threshold limit values (TLVs) for most of these compounds. Less common solvents used as paint thinner include: Įxposure to vapors created by paint containing thinner or its cleanup may be hazardous.
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