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The prediction of occupational health risks of benzene in the printing industry through multiple occupational health risk assessment models
BACKGROUND: Benzene poisoning is a common occupational poisoning event in the printing industries. Up to now there is still a lack of research data on risk assessment of benzene operations in enclosed workshops. It is crucial to assess the risk level of these positions and put forward effective meas...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9797023/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36589933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1038608 |
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author | Shi, Bin Su, Shibiao Wen, Cuiju Wang, Tianjian Xu, Haijuan Liu, Ming |
author_facet | Shi, Bin Su, Shibiao Wen, Cuiju Wang, Tianjian Xu, Haijuan Liu, Ming |
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description | BACKGROUND: Benzene poisoning is a common occupational poisoning event in the printing industries. Up to now there is still a lack of research data on risk assessment of benzene operations in enclosed workshops. It is crucial to assess the risk level of these positions and put forward effective measures and suggestions. METHODS: The information of selected companies and air samples were collected through on-site investigation, data collation and sample testing were carried out according to the requirements of Chinese standards. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Essential, the EPA non-carcinogenic risk assessment model, the Singapore exposure index method and the Chinese semi-quantitative risk assessment models were used to assess the risks of benzene. RESULTS: The exposed groups all worked more than 8 h per day, and the cleaning, pasting, and packaging groups used general ventilation rather than local ventilation. 28.6% of the printing group and 16.7% of the pasting group had benzene concentrations that exceeded the permissible concentration-time weighted average (PC-TWA) in China. Over 60.0% of the work groups were evaluated at high risk and over 20% of the work groups were evaluated at high cancer risk by the risk assessment models. CONCLUSION: The Chinese exposure index method and the synthesis index method may have a stronger practicability. The printing and pasting groups may have a higher risk for benzene exposure. It is necessary to increase protective measures and strengthen occupational hygiene management to reduce risks. |
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spelling | pubmed-97970232022-12-29 The prediction of occupational health risks of benzene in the printing industry through multiple occupational health risk assessment models Shi, Bin Su, Shibiao Wen, Cuiju Wang, Tianjian Xu, Haijuan Liu, Ming Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: Benzene poisoning is a common occupational poisoning event in the printing industries. Up to now there is still a lack of research data on risk assessment of benzene operations in enclosed workshops. It is crucial to assess the risk level of these positions and put forward effective measures and suggestions. METHODS: The information of selected companies and air samples were collected through on-site investigation, data collation and sample testing were carried out according to the requirements of Chinese standards. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Essential, the EPA non-carcinogenic risk assessment model, the Singapore exposure index method and the Chinese semi-quantitative risk assessment models were used to assess the risks of benzene. RESULTS: The exposed groups all worked more than 8 h per day, and the cleaning, pasting, and packaging groups used general ventilation rather than local ventilation. 28.6% of the printing group and 16.7% of the pasting group had benzene concentrations that exceeded the permissible concentration-time weighted average (PC-TWA) in China. Over 60.0% of the work groups were evaluated at high risk and over 20% of the work groups were evaluated at high cancer risk by the risk assessment models. CONCLUSION: The Chinese exposure index method and the synthesis index method may have a stronger practicability. The printing and pasting groups may have a higher risk for benzene exposure. It is necessary to increase protective measures and strengthen occupational hygiene management to reduce risks. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9797023/ /pubmed/36589933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1038608 Text en Copyright © 2022 Shi, Su, Wen, Wang, Xu and Liu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Shi, Bin Su, Shibiao Wen, Cuiju Wang, Tianjian Xu, Haijuan Liu, Ming The prediction of occupational health risks of benzene in the printing industry through multiple occupational health risk assessment models |
title | The prediction of occupational health risks of benzene in the printing industry through multiple occupational health risk assessment models |
title_full | The prediction of occupational health risks of benzene in the printing industry through multiple occupational health risk assessment models |
title_fullStr | The prediction of occupational health risks of benzene in the printing industry through multiple occupational health risk assessment models |
title_full_unstemmed | The prediction of occupational health risks of benzene in the printing industry through multiple occupational health risk assessment models |
title_short | The prediction of occupational health risks of benzene in the printing industry through multiple occupational health risk assessment models |
title_sort | prediction of occupational health risks of benzene in the printing industry through multiple occupational health risk assessment models |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9797023/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36589933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1038608 |
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