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Producers of Engineered Nanomaterials—What Motivates Company and Worker Participation in Biomonitoring Programs?

Production and handling of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) can yield worker exposure to these materials with the potential for unforeseen negative health effects. Biomonitoring enables regular exposure and health assessment and an effective risk management. We aimed to identify factors influencing b...

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Autores principales: Crézé, Camille, François, Marjorie, Hopf, Nancy B., Dorribo, Victor, Sauvain, Jean-Jacques, Bergamaschi, Enrico, Garzaro, Giacomo, Domat, Maida, Friesl, Judith, Penssler, Eva, Progiou, Athena, Guseva Canu, Irina
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8067629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33916897
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083851
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author Crézé, Camille
François, Marjorie
Hopf, Nancy B.
Dorribo, Victor
Sauvain, Jean-Jacques
Bergamaschi, Enrico
Garzaro, Giacomo
Domat, Maida
Friesl, Judith
Penssler, Eva
Progiou, Athena
Guseva Canu, Irina
author_facet Crézé, Camille
François, Marjorie
Hopf, Nancy B.
Dorribo, Victor
Sauvain, Jean-Jacques
Bergamaschi, Enrico
Garzaro, Giacomo
Domat, Maida
Friesl, Judith
Penssler, Eva
Progiou, Athena
Guseva Canu, Irina
author_sort Crézé, Camille
collection PubMed
description Production and handling of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) can yield worker exposure to these materials with the potential for unforeseen negative health effects. Biomonitoring enables regular exposure and health assessment and an effective risk management. We aimed to identify factors influencing biomonitoring acceptance according to hierarchical positions of ENM producers. Managers and workers were invited to complete an online questionnaire. Forty-three companies producing or handling ENMs such as titanium dioxide (61%) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (44%) participated. The majority of managers (72%) and all workers responded positively to participating in biomonitoring studies. The main reasons for refusing participation included concerns about data confidentiality and sufficient knowledge about ENM health and safety. Acquisitions of individual study results, improvement of workers’ safety, and help to the development of ENM-specific health and safety practice were among the most valuable reasons for positively considering participation. All workers indicated feeling comfortable with biomonitoring procedures of exhaled air sampling—about half were similarly comfortable with exhaled breath condensate, urine, and buccal cell sampling. The majority of both workers and managers stated that participation in a biomonitoring program should take place during working hours. Although our survey only had limited participation, our results are useful in designing appropriate biomonitoring programs for workers exposed to ENMs.
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spelling pubmed-80676292021-04-25 Producers of Engineered Nanomaterials—What Motivates Company and Worker Participation in Biomonitoring Programs? Crézé, Camille François, Marjorie Hopf, Nancy B. Dorribo, Victor Sauvain, Jean-Jacques Bergamaschi, Enrico Garzaro, Giacomo Domat, Maida Friesl, Judith Penssler, Eva Progiou, Athena Guseva Canu, Irina Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Production and handling of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) can yield worker exposure to these materials with the potential for unforeseen negative health effects. Biomonitoring enables regular exposure and health assessment and an effective risk management. We aimed to identify factors influencing biomonitoring acceptance according to hierarchical positions of ENM producers. Managers and workers were invited to complete an online questionnaire. Forty-three companies producing or handling ENMs such as titanium dioxide (61%) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (44%) participated. The majority of managers (72%) and all workers responded positively to participating in biomonitoring studies. The main reasons for refusing participation included concerns about data confidentiality and sufficient knowledge about ENM health and safety. Acquisitions of individual study results, improvement of workers’ safety, and help to the development of ENM-specific health and safety practice were among the most valuable reasons for positively considering participation. All workers indicated feeling comfortable with biomonitoring procedures of exhaled air sampling—about half were similarly comfortable with exhaled breath condensate, urine, and buccal cell sampling. The majority of both workers and managers stated that participation in a biomonitoring program should take place during working hours. Although our survey only had limited participation, our results are useful in designing appropriate biomonitoring programs for workers exposed to ENMs. MDPI 2021-04-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8067629/ /pubmed/33916897 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083851 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Crézé, Camille
François, Marjorie
Hopf, Nancy B.
Dorribo, Victor
Sauvain, Jean-Jacques
Bergamaschi, Enrico
Garzaro, Giacomo
Domat, Maida
Friesl, Judith
Penssler, Eva
Progiou, Athena
Guseva Canu, Irina
Producers of Engineered Nanomaterials—What Motivates Company and Worker Participation in Biomonitoring Programs?
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title_fullStr Producers of Engineered Nanomaterials—What Motivates Company and Worker Participation in Biomonitoring Programs?
title_full_unstemmed Producers of Engineered Nanomaterials—What Motivates Company and Worker Participation in Biomonitoring Programs?
title_short Producers of Engineered Nanomaterials—What Motivates Company and Worker Participation in Biomonitoring Programs?
title_sort producers of engineered nanomaterials—what motivates company and worker participation in biomonitoring programs?
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8067629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33916897
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083851
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