Assessing inhalatory and dermal exposures and their resultant health-risks for workers exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contained in oil mists in a fastener manufacturing industry

Source identification and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with electronic dismantling in Guiyu town, South China

“…The PAHs concentrations in other workshops in this study were a little lower than those of the cooking room in Malay (597.00 ng m −3 ) [25].…”

“…The occupational exposure levels in this research (Table 4) were comparatively lower than those in carbon black manufacturing industry sectors [39], relative to those in the fastener manufacturing industry [23] and booth attendants of the highway toll stations, and equal with those in cooking room [25] in some period (Table 3). [23,25].…”

“…And the unit risk 7.0 × 10 −2 (g m −3 ) −1 for a 25-year occupational PAHs exposure with the averaged BaP concentration of 1 g m −3 was used in this study [23,25]. It worth noting above unit risk was proposed to estimate the lung cancer risk caused by lifetime exposure; therefore, it has been adopted by a recent study for assessing the lung cancer risks of general adults' exposure to the ambient atmospheric PAHs [23,25].…”

Risk assessment of gaseous/particulate phase PAH exposure in foundry industry

“…The lung cancer risk due to gaseous phase PAH exposure was much higher than that of particulate phase PAH exposure in the workers of oil mists in a fastener manufacturing industry, which showed an almost equal contribution of risk for exposure to the gaseous phase or particulate phase PAHs [27]. Meanwhile, the lung cancer risk does reflect a previous study that reported relative risk of lung and respiratory cancer in the workers with PAH exposure in iron and steel foundries (1.40, 95% CI 1.31-1.49) [8].…”

Cooking Fumes and Relative Diseases

“…CFs at least contained 200 kinds of compounds, which could be divided into aldehydes, heterocyclic amines (HCAs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), fat aerosols and particulate matters (PM) [6,7,[18][19][20]. Shields et al [21] investigated the effects of various appliances such as ovens, broilers and griddles on the production and composition of CFs.…”