Air Quality in Metal Industries

Pinheiro, Teresa; Almeida, Susana Marta; Félix, Pedro; Franco, Catarina; Garcia, S.; Lopes, Carlos; Almeida, A. Bugalho de

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“…The analysis of exogeneous exhaled chemicals and/or endogeneous biological markers in exhaled breath to characterize exposure or early biological responses has been successfully applied in subway workers, firefighters, welders, metal and machining industries, airport workers, ceramics production facilities, and hospital cleaners. 48–60…”

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Applying the exposome concept to working life health

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The EPHOR Consortium, Rob Stierum a loskeletal disorders. 4 Conservative estimates of the global burden of occupational disease vary between 3% and 7% of global mortality, translating to 1.5 to 2.3 million deaths each year. [5][6][7] In the European Union (EU), approximately 300,000 work-related deaths per year are estimated resulting in economic losses of Abstract. Exposures at work have a major impact on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Current risk reduction policies and strategies are informed by existing scientific evidence, which is limited due to the challenges of studying the complex relationship between exposure at work and outside work and health. We define the working life exposome as all occupational and related nonoccupational exposures. The latter includes nonoccupational exposures that may be directly or indirectly influenced by or interact with the working life of the individual in their relation to health. The Exposome Project for Health and Occupational Research aims to advance knowledge on the complex working life exposures in relation to disease beyond the single high exposure-single health outcome paradigm, mapping and relating interrelated exposures to inherent biological pathways, key body functions, and health. This will be achieved by combining (1) large-scale harmonization and pooling of existing European cohorts systematically looking at multiple exposures and diseases, with (2) the collection of new high-resolution external and internal exposure data. Methods and tools to characterize the working life exposome will be developed and applied, including sensors, wearables, a harmonized job exposure matrix (EuroJEM), noninvasive biomonitoring, omics, data mining, and (bio)statistics. The toolbox of developed methods and knowledge will be made available to policy makers, occupational health practitioners, and scientists. Advanced knowledge on working life exposures in relation to NCDs will serve as a basis for evidence-based and cost-effective preventive policies and actions. The toolbox will also enable future scientists to further expand the working life exposome knowledge base.

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Applying the exposome concept to working life health

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“…The harmfulness of particles is directly linked to their size [6]. Atmospheric particles commonly occur in two distinct modes, the coarse mode (2.5-10 µm), which can penetrate and settle deep inside the lungs, and the fine or accumulation mode (<2.5 µm), a respiratory fraction which is even more health-damaging, as it can penetrate the pulmonary barrier and enter the bloodstream [7]. Fine mode particles coagulate quickly and grow due to the condensation of vapor species.…”

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Neutron Activation Analysis of PM10 for Air Quality of an Industrial Region in the Czech Republic: A Case Study

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This work was conducted to focus on pollutant transmission between Poland and Czechia at the most polluted area in the Czech Republic, the Moravian Silesian region. Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and multivariate statistical analyses were used to determine the mass fractions of inorganic air pollutants accumulated on filters. Particle matters of sizes smaller than 10 µm (PM10) were collected using a high-volume sampler (SAM Hi 30 AUTO WIND). Pollutants PM10 were collected on Whatman QM-A Quartz Microfiber Filters of 150 mm in diameter based on various wind conditions. These filters were irradiated by neutron flux at the experimental reactor IBR-2 at the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in Dubna, RF. Irradiated samples were measured by gamma spectrometry techniques using HPGe detectors. In total, results are shown for 49 samples (from March to July 2021) and five field blank filters. The mass fractions of 24 elements (Sc, Cr, Fe, Ni, Co, Zn, Se, As, Br, Rb, Mo, Sb, Ba, Cs, La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Tb, Yb, Hf, Au, Th, and U) were determined. The sources of pollution were specified using correlation and exploratory factor analyses and including meteorological conditions. A strong positive correlation was shown between the elements Cr, As, Br, Co, Fe, Sc, Se, Sm, Th, La, and Ce. Elemental exposure to PM10 can be divided based on the factor loadings of common chemical components into three main pollution sources. According to the wind rose, the pollution came from the southeast/west direction; therefore, we can assume that the pollution most likely originated from the metallurgic complex (steel and iron production in the southeast, and a coking plant, metal foundry, and generation plant in the west).

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Air Quality in Metal Industries

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Applying the exposome concept to working life health

Applying the exposome concept to working life health

Neutron Activation Analysis of PM10 for Air Quality of an Industrial Region in the Czech Republic: A Case Study

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