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Health risk assessment of exposure to volatile organic compounds (BTEX) in a painting unit of an automotive industry

Bihdāsht va īmanī-i kār, 2018-04, Vol.8 (1), p.55-64 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 2251-807X ;EISSN: 2383-2088

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  • Title:
    Health risk assessment of exposure to volatile organic compounds (BTEX) in a painting unit of an automotive industry
  • Author: Fateme Dehghani ; Farideh Golbabaei ; Seyed Abolfazl Zakerian ; Fariborz Omidi ; Mohammad Ali Mansournia
  • Subjects: btex ; cancer and non-cancer health risk assessment ; painting industry ; volatile organic compounds
  • Is Part Of: Bihdāsht va īmanī-i kār, 2018-04, Vol.8 (1), p.55-64
  • Description: Introduction: Adverse effects of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including general and specific effects like carcinogenic of benzene are well known. The aim of this study was to evaluate occupational exposure to BTEX compounds in the painting unit of an automotive industry and subsequently health risk assessment of exposure to these compounds. Material and Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the paint unit of an automotive industry including painting cabin, pre-painting salon and painting salon sections. After analyzing samples, gathered from different sections, by GC-MS, BTEX compound were identified as the main contaminants. In the next step, NIOSH1501 and EPA methods were used to measure and analysis of BTEX and risk assessment, respectively. Result: Findings showed that benzene concentration in painting cabin was higher than occupational exposure limits provided by the Environmental and Occupational Health Center of Iran. Life time cancer risk for benzene per 1000 has been reported10, 3.63 and 1.27in the painting cabin, pre-painting and salon sections, respectively. It was also for ethyl benzene 2.5m 1.8 and 38.0 in the mentioned sections, respectively. The non-cancer risk for benzene and xylene in the painting cabin and pre-painting sections were higher than recommended allowable level. Conclusion: Regarding the high level of cancer risk values obtained for benzene and ethylbenzene in the studied units and also high values of non-cancer risk for benzene and xylene, it is recommended to conduct biological exposure assessmnet of the workers and improve existence control systems using modern engineering control systems.
  • Publisher: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
  • Language: Persian
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2251-807X
    EISSN: 2383-2088
  • Source: ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources
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