Weir F W
Am Ind Hyg Assoc J. 1979 Mar;40(3):245-7. doi: 10.1080/15298667991429543.
This review of the toxicity and occupational hazard from exposure to metallic copper and silver dust was undertaken to examine the bases for the current standards and to suggest an alternative approach to controlling potential occupational hazard in conditions where exposures are limited to the prime metals. There are no data to suggest that exposure to silver or copper metal dust has produced remarkable disease in man. Further, there is no reason to consider the dust from either of these metals to be anything but nuisance particulate as defined by the ACGIH. They should, therefore, be regulated as such at the recommended level of 10 mg/m3.
本文对接触金属铜和银粉尘的毒性及职业危害进行了综述，旨在审视现行标准的依据，并针对仅接触主要金属的情况，提出一种控制潜在职业危害的替代方法。没有数据表明接触银或铜金属粉尘会在人体中引发显著疾病。此外，没有理由认为这两种金属产生的粉尘除了是美国政府工业卫生学家会议（ACGIH）定义的 nuisance particulate（无害颗粒物）之外，还有其他危害。因此，应以推荐的 10 毫克/立方米水平对其进行此类监管。
