PMID- 12172897
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030211
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 0340-0131 (Print)
IS  - 0340-0131 (Linking)
VI  - 75
IP  - 7
DP  - 2002 Sep
TI  - Biological monitoring of metals and organic substances in hazardous-waste 
      incineration workers.
PG  - 500-6
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To determine blood and urine concentrations of a number of metals and 
      organic substances in workers at a hazardous-waste incinerator (HWI) 1 year after 
      regular operations in the facility, and to compare these concentrations with the 
      baseline levels. METHODS: The employees were divided into three groups according 
      to their workplaces. Plasma analyses of hexachlorobenzene (HCB), polychlorinated 
      biphenyls (PCBs 28, 52, 101, 138, 153 and 180) and polychlorinated dibenzo- 
      p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), and urinary analyses of 2,4- and 
      2,5-dichlorophenol (DCP), 2,4,5- and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP), 
      pentachlorophenol (PCP) and 1-hydroxypyrene (1-HP) were carried out. The blood 
      concentrations of beryllium, manganese, mercury and lead, and the urine levels of 
      cadmium, chromium, nickel and vanadium were also determined. RESULTS: The current 
      plasma HCB, PCB and PCDD/F levels, and the urine levels of chlorophenols (CLPs) 
      and 1-HP did not show significant differences between workplace groups or the 
      baseline concentrations. Moreover, no significant differences between metal 
      levels could be observed. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The lack of differences 
      between the current levels of metals and organic substances and the respective 
      baseline concentrations, together with the absence of differences depending on 
      the workplace indicate that the potential exposure of HWI workers to the analyzed 
      compounds was insignificant. According to these results, 1 year of potential 
      exposure to the above metals and organic substances would not mean any specific 
      health problem for the workers at the HWI.
FAU - Schuhmacher, M
AU  - Schuhmacher M
AD  - Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Rovira i 
      Virgili University, San Lorenzo 21, 43201 Reus, Spain.
FAU - Domingo, J L
AU  - Domingo JL
FAU - Agramunt, M C
AU  - Agramunt MC
FAU - Bocio, A
AU  - Bocio A
FAU - Muller, L
AU  - Muller L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20020614
PL  - Germany
TA  - Int Arch Occup Environ Health
JT  - International archives of occupational and environmental health
JID - 7512134
RN  - 0 (Hazardous Waste)
RN  - 0 (Metals)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Hazardous Waste/*analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Incineration
MH  - Metals/*analysis/blood/urine
MH  - Occupational Exposure/*analysis
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*analysis/blood/urine
MH  - Spain
MH  - Waste Management/methods
EDAT- 2002/08/13 10:00
MHDA- 2003/02/13 04:00
CRDT- 2002/08/13 10:00
PHST- 2001/09/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2002/02/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2002/08/13 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/02/13 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/08/13 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s00420-002-0340-6 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2002 Sep;75(7):500-6. doi: 
      10.1007/s00420-002-0340-6. Epub 2002 Jun 14.