An apparatus and procedure are described for evaluating the toxicity of the gases evolved from the smoldering combustion of cellulose insulation. The method combines initiation of smoldering combustion in cellulose insulation by a lighted cigarette and exposure of laboratory animals to the gases evolved. The toxicity of the gases evolved appears to be a function of the amount of cellulose insuiption consumed by smoldering. Non-smoldering cellulose insulation does not appear to present any toxic hazard under these particular test conditions.
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