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Occupational Exposure of Plastics Workers to Diisononyl Phthalate (DiNP) and Di(2-propylheptyl) Phthalate (DPHP) in Finland

The aim of this study was to assess occupational exposure to diisononyl phthalate (DiNP) and di(2-propylheptyl) phthalate (DPHP] in Finland. Four companies took part in the research project: A cable factory, a plastic producing company, a producer of coated textiles, and a tarpaulin producer. The ca...

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Autores principales: Porras, Simo P., Hartonen, Minna, Koponen, Jani, Ylinen, Katriina, Louhelainen, Kyösti, Tornaeus, Jarkko, Kiviranta, Hannu, Santonen, Tiina
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7143504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32204423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062035
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author Porras, Simo P.
Hartonen, Minna
Koponen, Jani
Ylinen, Katriina
Louhelainen, Kyösti
Tornaeus, Jarkko
Kiviranta, Hannu
Santonen, Tiina
author_facet Porras, Simo P.
Hartonen, Minna
Koponen, Jani
Ylinen, Katriina
Louhelainen, Kyösti
Tornaeus, Jarkko
Kiviranta, Hannu
Santonen, Tiina
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description The aim of this study was to assess occupational exposure to diisononyl phthalate (DiNP) and di(2-propylheptyl) phthalate (DPHP] in Finland. Four companies took part in the research project: A cable factory, a plastic producing company, a producer of coated textiles, and a tarpaulin producer. The cable factory used DPHP (and occasionally also diisodecyl phthalate, DiDP), the plastic producing company used both DPHP and DiNP, and the latter two companies used DiNP in their production. Exposure was assessed by measuring phthalate metabolites in urine samples (biomonitoring) and by performing air measurements. Low-level occupational exposure to DiNP was observed in the company that produced coated textiles—out of eight workers, one extruder operator was exposed to DiNP at levels exceeding the non-occupationally exposed population background levels. Some workers in the cable factory and the plastics producing company were occupationally exposed to DPHP. Air levels of phthalates were generally low, mostly below the limit of quantification. All phthalate metabolite concentrations were, however, well below the calculated biomonitoring equivalents, which suggests that the health risks related to the exposure are low.
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spelling pubmed-71435042020-04-14 Occupational Exposure of Plastics Workers to Diisononyl Phthalate (DiNP) and Di(2-propylheptyl) Phthalate (DPHP) in Finland Porras, Simo P. Hartonen, Minna Koponen, Jani Ylinen, Katriina Louhelainen, Kyösti Tornaeus, Jarkko Kiviranta, Hannu Santonen, Tiina Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this study was to assess occupational exposure to diisononyl phthalate (DiNP) and di(2-propylheptyl) phthalate (DPHP] in Finland. Four companies took part in the research project: A cable factory, a plastic producing company, a producer of coated textiles, and a tarpaulin producer. The cable factory used DPHP (and occasionally also diisodecyl phthalate, DiDP), the plastic producing company used both DPHP and DiNP, and the latter two companies used DiNP in their production. Exposure was assessed by measuring phthalate metabolites in urine samples (biomonitoring) and by performing air measurements. Low-level occupational exposure to DiNP was observed in the company that produced coated textiles—out of eight workers, one extruder operator was exposed to DiNP at levels exceeding the non-occupationally exposed population background levels. Some workers in the cable factory and the plastics producing company were occupationally exposed to DPHP. Air levels of phthalates were generally low, mostly below the limit of quantification. All phthalate metabolite concentrations were, however, well below the calculated biomonitoring equivalents, which suggests that the health risks related to the exposure are low. MDPI 2020-03-19 2020-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7143504/ /pubmed/32204423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062035 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Porras, Simo P.
Hartonen, Minna
Koponen, Jani
Ylinen, Katriina
Louhelainen, Kyösti
Tornaeus, Jarkko
Kiviranta, Hannu
Santonen, Tiina
Occupational Exposure of Plastics Workers to Diisononyl Phthalate (DiNP) and Di(2-propylheptyl) Phthalate (DPHP) in Finland
title Occupational Exposure of Plastics Workers to Diisononyl Phthalate (DiNP) and Di(2-propylheptyl) Phthalate (DPHP) in Finland
title_full Occupational Exposure of Plastics Workers to Diisononyl Phthalate (DiNP) and Di(2-propylheptyl) Phthalate (DPHP) in Finland
title_fullStr Occupational Exposure of Plastics Workers to Diisononyl Phthalate (DiNP) and Di(2-propylheptyl) Phthalate (DPHP) in Finland
title_full_unstemmed Occupational Exposure of Plastics Workers to Diisononyl Phthalate (DiNP) and Di(2-propylheptyl) Phthalate (DPHP) in Finland
title_short Occupational Exposure of Plastics Workers to Diisononyl Phthalate (DiNP) and Di(2-propylheptyl) Phthalate (DPHP) in Finland
title_sort occupational exposure of plastics workers to diisononyl phthalate (dinp) and di(2-propylheptyl) phthalate (dphp) in finland
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7143504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32204423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062035
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