Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the occupational environment: with special reference to benzo[a]pyrene measurements in Swedish industry.

Abstract

aromatic hydrocarbons in the occupational environment: A review with special reference to benzo[a]pyrene measurements in Swedish industry. Scand j work environ health 8 (1982) 1-19. A review is given of measurements of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the work environment in general with emphasis upon Swedish measurements of benzo[a]pyrene not previously published in international literature. Finally, epidemiologic investigations on PAHexposed workers, as well as threshold limit values for PAH, are discussed.

Exposure to carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic compounds and health risk assessment for diesel-exhaust exposed workers

“…Exposure data to such high-molecular-weight compounds is lacking for diesel-exhaust-contaminated working environments. Until now, the exposure measurements for PACs in the transport industry has mainly focussed on B[a]P (Lindstedt and Sollenberg 1982;Waller et al 1985;Ulfvarson et al 1987;Limasset et al 1993), or on rather low-molecular-weight PAHs (Fromme et al 1998;Guillemin et al 1992). Only the review of Cantrell and Watts (1997) mentioned concentration levels of two dibenzopyrenes in diesel-equipped underground mines.…”

Risk of lung, larynx, pharynx and buccal cavity cancers among carbon electrode manufacturing workers.

“…Reviews of these studies are contin ua lly carried o ut by the Internationa l Age ncy for Resea rch on Cancer (IA RC), who se recent publications ha ve been focused on the products derived from coal (6)(7)(8) . Indeed the industrial processes which use coa l and its byproducts generate diverse polycycl ic aromatic hyd rocarbons (P A H), whose carcino geno us po tential is suspec ted (2,6,(9)(10)(11)(12). Th is po llutio n is often o bserved in factories where coal is gasified , in co keworks, in iron a nd stee l fou ndries, and in coal-ta r disti llerie s, as well as in other plan ts which use coa l by-products (2,7,8).…”

Cancer Mortality among Carbon Workers in China: Retrospective Cohort Study

“…The study population included workers who had been working in six carbon plants and, one potroom and carbon department in an aluminium reduction plant since January 1,1971. Each subject of the study population was traced for vital status as of December 31, 1985.…”