Toxic effects of formaldehyde on the urinary system

İnci, Melek; Zararsız, İsmail; Davarci, Mursel; Görür, Sadık

doi:10.5152/tud.2013.010

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“…It reaches the body either through inhalation, ingestion or skin contact (Wilbur et al, 1999). After absorption, formaldehyde is usually metabolized by liver and other tissues into a non-toxic metabolite known as formate which excreted through the urine or converted to carbon dioxide and excreted through the exhalation (Inci et al, 2013). The exposure to formaldehyde vapors with a high dose results in many health problems.…”

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Toxic effects of formalin on the medical students of South Valley University following repeated exposure at the anatomy laboratories

Ahmed

Abdelsabour-Khalaf

Abdelrahim

et al. 2020

SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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Citation: Ahmed et al., 2020, Toxic effects of formalin on the medical students of South Valley University following repeated exposure at the anatomy laboratories. SVU-IJVS 2020, 3(1): 80-86. AbstractFormalin is widely used in the anatomy dissecting rooms to preserve the animal cadavers and biological specimens in veterinary medical schools. Veterinary medical students at South Valley University are routinely exposed to formalin during their practical training. Although formalin is known to cause severe health problems, the toxic effects of formalin on the veterinary students at South Valley University has not been investigated before. Thus, the current study aimed to explore the toxic effects of exposure of veterinary medical students to formalin in the anatomy laboratories and to suggest some preventive measures to reduce its toxic effects. For this purpose, a total number of 167 students from the first-and the second-year at the department of anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University were surveyed. Approximately 79.6% of the students suffered from unpleasant smell, followed by eye irritation (63.6%), nasal irritation (51.5%), headache (44.9%), breathing difficulties (39.5), visual disturbance (29.5), lack of concentration (26.9%), cough (25.1%), lethargy and fatigue (19.2%), nausea (18%), digestive disturbance (14.4%), sore throat and dryness (12%), sleep disturbance (4.8%) and fainting (6%).In conclusion, the present study demonstrates that the Veterinary Medical students are at risk of severe health problems due to prolonged exposure to formalin in the anatomy dissecting rooms. This calls The South Valley University authorities to apply a guideline to reduce the effect of exposure to formaldehyde in the anatomy laboratories.

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Toxic effects of formalin on the medical students of South Valley University following repeated exposure at the anatomy laboratories

Ahmed

Abdelsabour-Khalaf

Abdelrahim

et al. 2020

SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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“…Bladder cancer is considered as the ninth most common cancer. Bladder cancer is primarily led by the continual accumulation of toxic chemicals in urine, such as tobacco smoke (2-Naphthylamine), pioglitazone, and formaldehyde [80]. However, the established link between pioglitazone and bladder cancer is still controversial.…”

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Advances on PPARγ Research in the Emerging Era of Precision Medicine

Zhao

2018

CDT

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This article systematically reviews PPARγ's mechanisms of action and multilayer regulations. In addition, novel classes of therapeutics modulating PPARγ and new direction of research on genetic variants that affect PPARγ function and antidiabetic drug response are highlighted, which sheds light on PPARγ as a promising target for developing safer and precision medicine based therapeutic strategies.

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“…However, contact dermatitis, congenital defects, and cancer were results of long-term exposure to formaldehyde [6]. The effects of formaldehyde on human vary on the concentration level of exposure: 0.05-1.05 ppm could lead to neurophysiologic effect; 0.05-1.0 ppm was considered the respiration air threshold; 0.05-2.0 ppm could cause ocular irritation; 0.1-2.5 ppm could cause upper respiratory tract irritation; 5.0-30 ppm had severe effects on the lungs and lower respiratory tract; 50-100 ppm could cause pneumonia and pulmonary edema; and ≥100 ppm could lead to death [7].…”

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Evaluation of the Developed Formaldehyde Detector

Cortez¹,

Santos²

2016

IJESD

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Abstract-The study was an evaluation of the formaldehyde detector that the proponents developed. The purpose of the study was to determine the consistency response of the device to the presence of formaldehyde. Specifically, the study aimed to expose and test the device with three different concentration of formalin. Small scale experimental method was used in the study where the gas sensor was placed inside an eight liter closed container. The gas sensor was exposed with formalin for 5 minutes and without formalin for another 5 minutes. Three different concentration of formalin were used in the experiment which were 1%, 5% and 10%. Three trials for every concentration were conducted. It was found that the device have constant response graphs to the three tests indicating that it was sensitive to formaldehyde of low to high concentrations. Furthermore, the developed formaldehyde detector worked properly within the limits set to it.Index Terms-Gas sensor, consistency response, formalin exposure, formalin testing.

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Toxic effects of formaldehyde on the urinary system

Cited by 38 publications

References 36 publications

Toxic effects of formalin on the medical students of South Valley University following repeated exposure at the anatomy laboratories

Toxic effects of formalin on the medical students of South Valley University following repeated exposure at the anatomy laboratories

Advances on PPARγ Research in the Emerging Era of Precision Medicine

Evaluation of the Developed Formaldehyde Detector

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