Estimates of the Number of Workers Exposed to Diesel Engine Exhaust in South Korea from 1993 to 2013

Choi, Sangjun; Park, Dong-Uk; Kim, Seung Won; Ha, Kwonchul; Jung, Hyejung; Yi, Gwang-Yong; Koh, Dong-Hee; Park, Deokmook; Sun, Oknam; Uuksulainen, Sanni

doi:10.1016/j.shaw.2016.06.001

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“…Those most commonly exposed worked in the agricultural, mining, transport, and construction industries, and exposures were more common among men and those living in remote areas. This estimate was higher than estimates of exposure prevalence from other countries which have generally ranged from 2%-5% of workers (10)(11)(12)(13). This is likely to reflect the mix of industry sectors in each country.…”

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Interventions to Reduce Future Cancer Incidence from Diesel Engine Exhaust: What Might Work?

Carey¹,

Fritschi²,

Driscoll³

et al. 2019

Cancer Prevention Research

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Exposure to diesel engine exhaust (DEE) contributes appreciably to the burden of occupational cancer. This study aims to estimate the potential impact of a range of interventions on the future burden of cancer from occupational exposure to DEE in Australia. The future excess fraction method, a novel method based on the lifetime risk approach, was used to model changes in the future burden of cancer among the Australian working age population exposed to DEE at work in 2012 under various intervention strategies. The interventions modeled were based on the widely accepted hierarchy of control model. At baseline, 600 (0.4%) future bladder and 4,450 (0.6%) future lung cancer cases over the lifetime of the cohort were estimated to be attributable to occupational exposure to DEE in those exposed in 2012. Up to 2,000 of these cases were estimated to be avoidable through the use of various interventions. Exhaust hoses (engineering controls) were estimated to be particularly effective. This study provides an indication of which intervention strategies may be most useful in reducing the future burden of cancer associated with occupational DEE exposure. These results show the potential effect of changing current exposure, rather than focusing on past exposures, and thus provide relevant information for policy planning.

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Interventions to Reduce Future Cancer Incidence from Diesel Engine Exhaust: What Might Work?

Carey¹,

Fritschi²,

Driscoll³

et al. 2019

Cancer Prevention Research

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“…The main carcinogens include asbestos, RCS, radon, PAHs, DEE, chromium, and nickel. In addition, according to Choi et al [27], the total number of Korean workers exposed to DEE was estimated to be 417,034 in 2013 (2.2% of the total labor force).…”

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Exposure assessment of elemental carbon, ultrafine particles, and crystalline silica at highway toll booths

Shin¹,

Kim²,

Lee

et al. 2020

Environmental Engineering Research

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Highway toll booth workers have been reported to be at an increased risk of occupational lung cancer. Moreover, insufficient studies have been performed on exposure assessment of workers at highway toll booths. Elemental carbon (EC), black carbon (BC), and respirable crystalline silica (RCS) concentrations were measured at highway toll booths in Gyeongsangbuk-do (Republic of Korea). The particle number (PN) concentration and size distribution of ultrafine particle were measured using three SMPS devices. The average concentration of the EC inside the booth was 3.3 μg/m 3 , with the maximum being 5.8 μg/m 3. The concentrations of EC were highest for booths that operated exclusively for trucks. The average PN concentration inside the booth was 3.54 × 10 4 cm-3 , approximately 5-fold higher than the reference indoor background. The average BC concentration in the booths were approximately 8 μg/m 3 , and the instantaneous peak concentration was 271 μg/m 3. The RCS was below the detection limit in all samples. This study revealed that toll workers were most frequently exposed to diesel engine particle less than 100 nm, with an extremely high respiratory deposition rate. Therefore, a respiratory protection program is necessary to safeguard these workers against vehicle-related pollutants.

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“…However, in the current study, exposure from air pollution was not considered in the estimation process. Estimates of the number of workers exposed to diesel engine exhaust in Korea is reported elsewhere ( Choi et al , 2016 ).…”

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“…South Korea is a highly industrialized country with a variety of manufacturing sectors and facilities, such as semiconductor and car manufacturing industries. Many workers in these industries are exposed to various carcinogenic agents, and thus, nationwide exposure studies have been conducted for several carcinogens, including benzene, asbestos and diesel engine exhaust ( Park et al , 2015 ; Choi et al , 2016 ; Choi et al , 2017 ; Jung, Koh, et al , 2019 ; Koh et al , 2020 ). However, no integrative carcinogen exposure database has been developed yet.…”

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Development of Korean CARcinogen EXposure: An Initiative of the Occupational Carcinogen Surveillance System in Korea

Koh

Park

Lee

et al. 2021

Annals of Work Exposures and Health

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Objective To prevent occupational cancers, carcinogen exposure surveillance systems have been developed in many countries. This study aimed to develop a carcinogen exposure database specific to South Korea. Methods Twenty known human carcinogens were selected for this study. The International Standard Classification of Industry was used for a classification scheme of industries. Three nationwide occupational exposure databases, the Work Environment Measurement Database, the Special Health Examination Database, and the Work Environment Condition Survey, were used to calculate reference exposure prevalence estimates by carcinogen and industry. Then, 37 professional industrial hygienists with at least 19 years of field experience provided their own exposure prevalence estimates, after reviewing the abovementioned reference estimates derived from three data sources. The median value of the experts’ estimates was used as the final exposure prevalence. Finally, the number of exposed workers was computed by multiplying the final exposure prevalence by the number of workers extracted from the 2010 national census data by carcinogen and industry. Results The exposure prevalence and the number of exposed workers were calculated according to 20 carcinogen and 228 minor industrial groups, assuming year 2010 circumstances. The largest population was exposed to welding fumes (326 822 workers), followed by ultraviolet radiation (238 937 workers), ionizing radiation (168 712 workers), and mineral oil mist (146 798 workers). Conclusions Our results provide critical data on carcinogen exposure for the prevention of occupational cancers.

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Estimates of the Number of Workers Exposed to Diesel Engine Exhaust in South Korea from 1993 to 2013

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Interventions to Reduce Future Cancer Incidence from Diesel Engine Exhaust: What Might Work?

Interventions to Reduce Future Cancer Incidence from Diesel Engine Exhaust: What Might Work?

Exposure assessment of elemental carbon, ultrafine particles, and crystalline silica at highway toll booths

Development of Korean CARcinogen EXposure: An Initiative of the Occupational Carcinogen Surveillance System in Korea

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