{"title":"Biological evaluation of the aggressiveness of dust formed during the manufacture of carbon electrodes in the carbon electrode plant.","authors":"M Zyłoszczyk, E Szaflarska-Stojko","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The biological aggressiveness of five dusts formed during the production of carbon electrodes was evaluated using intraperitoneal, pulmonary and hemolytic tests. The greatest increase in the hydroxyproline level in the lungs of the experimental animals was observed in the group that had been administered dust from the Moulding Shop. Dusts from the Carbon Electrode Plant in Raciborz exhibit weak fibrogenic properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":77768,"journal":{"name":"Polish journal of occupational medicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"41-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13635583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mortality study of workers exposed to asbestos in a Lodz factory.","authors":"I J Selikoff","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77768,"journal":{"name":"Polish journal of occupational medicine","volume":"2 3","pages":"323-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13636702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Occupational exposures during the production of catalysts containing inorganic nickel compounds.","authors":"P Delabarre","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Debates within EEC Regulatory Authorities on the toxicological status of nickel compounds, had as a consequence that the occupational exposure standards for these compounds were under review. ECMA (European Catalyst Manufactures Association, established in the early 1980's to provide a forum whereby environmental and safety aspects of production, storage, use and disposal of metal/metal oxide containing catalysts should be discussed), decided to establish what the catalyst industry was capable of achieving in their processes. Because currently available monitoring data for nickel ex-member companies, was insufficient, two nickel monitoring surveys were executed to obtain comprehensive and comparable data on exposure to nickel during catalyst manufacturing operations, from a large number of catalyst producers. ECMA compiled program details in order to ensure that a standard methodology was followed by all participants; the program consisted of personal dust sampling, urine-analysis and a questionnaire on process details. Relationship between airborne and urinary nickel levels was investigated using regression methods. Unlike the findings of some reports it was found that there was no simple correlation between the parameters, probably by the variance in type of nickel compound. The effect of using a dust mask, length of exposure, exposure to insoluble nickel and smoking habits on urinary nickel concentration was investigated by analysis of variance. Despite significantly lower atmospheric exposure to water soluble compared with insoluble nickel compounds, there was no significant difference in urinary nickel concentration. The efficacy of dust masks in reducing the body burden of nickel was confirmed. There was no significant difference between the urinary nickel concentration of smokers and non-smokers in the non-exposed groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":77768,"journal":{"name":"Polish journal of occupational medicine","volume":"2 4","pages":"357-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13636705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hygienic characteristics of carbon black used in tyre production.","authors":"T Rogaczewska, D Ligocka, K Nowicka","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Seven types of carbon black used in type production were subjected to hygienic evaluation. The coal tar pitch volatiles (CTPVs), toluene solubles, were determined by the gravimetric method and benzo/a/pyrene by HPLC with a spectrophotometric detector. Toluene solubles were found to amount to 0.12-0.25% (by weight). Benzo/a/pyrene (1.44-3.07 ppm) was detected in five out of the seven carbon blacks examined.</p>","PeriodicalId":77768,"journal":{"name":"Polish journal of occupational medicine","volume":"2 4","pages":"367-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13636706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Methods for determining soluble and insoluble Cr III and Cr VI compounds in welding fumes.","authors":"W Matczak, J Chmielnicka","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An analytical procedure for simultaneous determination of soluble and insoluble Cr III and Cr VI compounds in welding fumes has been proposed. In the welding fume samples collected on a membrane filter, total chromium was determined with atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS). Glass filters with collected samples were divided into two parts. In one part of the sample, soluble and insoluble chromium was determined by means of AAS. The separation of soluble chromium III and VI was carried out on diphenylcarbazide resin. In the second part of the sample total chromium VI was determined by means of the colorimetric method with s-diphenylcarbazide. The difference in the results of these determinations allowed the calculation of the content of total Cr III, Cr III insolub. and Cr VI insolub. The results of determining chromium compounds in welding fumes samples collected in the welder's breathing zone and in experimental chambers are also presented in this paper. The content of total chromium in the fumes determined by AAS (from a membrane filtr) and that calculated from the sum of soluble and insoluble chromium (from a glass filter) were concordant and within the limits of the admissible error for the method. Total chromium content in welding fume samples collected individually was found to range from 2.4-4.2%. The percentage of particular chromium compounds as compared to total chromium (100%) amounted: total Cr III--34%, total Cr VI--66%, soluble chromium--66% and in this Cr III--20% and Cr VI--43%, insoluble chromium--34% and in this: Cr III--14% and Cr VI--20%.</p>","PeriodicalId":77768,"journal":{"name":"Polish journal of occupational medicine","volume":"2 4","pages":"376-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13636707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B Przybojewska, B Barański, E Spiechowicz, W Szymczak
{"title":"Mutagenic and genotoxic activity of chosen dyes and surface active compounds used in the textile industry.","authors":"B Przybojewska, B Barański, E Spiechowicz, W Szymczak","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study was designed to investigate the mutagenic and genotoxic properties of ten dyes and four surface active compounds using Salmonella/microsome assay and the micronucleus test. Five of the investigated dyes (Acid Blue 7, Acid Green 16, Direct Black 19:1, Basic Red 22, Basic Orange 28) possessed mutagenic activity with regard to test strains of Salmonella. In addition, all of them increased the frequency of micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes in the bone marrow of mice. Three other compounds (Acid Blue 62, Direct Yellow 12, Direct Red 81), which were not mutagenic in the Salmonella/microsome assay, were genotoxic in the micronucleus test. The other two dyes (Reactive Blue 13, Acid Red 213), as well as tested surface active compounds, did not exert mutagenic and genotoxic effects, and therefore, it is most probable that they do not have carcinogenic properties. Besides, it was noted that Acid Blue 62, Direct Black 19:1, Direct Red 81 and Basic Orange 28 cause a significant decrease in the ratio polychromatic to normochromatic erythrocytes in the bone marrow of mice, which means that, at the doses used in the experiment, they are toxic to the erythrocyte series cells of bone marrow. The other compounds under consideration have no such effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":77768,"journal":{"name":"Polish journal of occupational medicine","volume":"2 2","pages":"171-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13633360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multimodality evoked potentials in occupational exposure to metallic mercury vapour.","authors":"H Langauer-Lewowicka, Z Kazibutowska","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Central nervous system dysfunction among workers exposed to metallic mercury was studied by measuring somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) and visual evoked potentials (VEPs). The examinations were conducted in 28 workers suspected of chronic mercury intoxication. They were exposed to Hg for a period ranging from 4-34 years (mean 22.1) in an acetic aldehyde and chlorine manufacturing plant. The increase of amplitude of N20 SSEP (13 cases) and elongation of its latency were frequent abnormalities in the examined group. The latency of N20 was significantly longer in the exposed group in comparison with the control one, the amplitude of N20 was also significantly higher. Significantly prolonged latency of P100 VEP was found in the group exposed to Hg. These findings suggest the possibility of an adverse effect due to Hg on the central part of the somatosensory and visual pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":77768,"journal":{"name":"Polish journal of occupational medicine","volume":"2 2","pages":"192-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13633362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mutagenicity testing of commercial insecticides administered per os.","authors":"A Dzwonkowska, H Hubner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mutagenic activity of eight commercial insecticides previously tested with in vivo chromosomal aberrations test after intraperitoneal treatment, was studied with the same test using per os administration of pesticides. Chromosomal aberrations were analyzed in the bone marrow cells of Syrian hamsters. It was shown that six pesticides induced a statistically significant increase in the number of chromosomal aberrations: Bi 58 EC, Metasystox (I) forte, Sadofos 30, Nogos 50 EC, Foschlor 25 and Thiodan 35. These insecticides induced two main types of aberrations: chromatid gaps and chromatid breaks. Gamacarbatox and Propotox M were nonmutagenic in the test.</p>","PeriodicalId":77768,"journal":{"name":"Polish journal of occupational medicine","volume":"2 3","pages":"286-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13634581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hemodynamic reactions to monotonous work performed in silence and in noise of 70 dB (A).","authors":"H Leśnik, T Makowiec-Dabrowska","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hemodynamic parameters (cardiac contraction rate, ejection volume, arterial blood pressure and total vascular peripheral resistance) were evaluated in women during 4-hours' monotonous work, connected with a moderate exercise, or monotonous visual work performed in laboratory conditions. Next, the capacity of noise of 70 dB(A) to modify changes of hemodynamic parameters caused by work was checked. It was found that the noise did not affect work efficiency, but it did result in an increase of ejection volume and a rise in arterial (especially diastolic) blood pressure. Noise of 70 dB(A) brings about an increase of physiological effort of work.</p>","PeriodicalId":77768,"journal":{"name":"Polish journal of occupational medicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"51-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13635584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Authorized limits of radon daughter products in Polish underground metal-ore mines in the light of experience.","authors":"T Domański, D Kluszczyński, W Chruścielewski","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The paper presents the results of measurements of individual exposures of miners to radioactive radon daughter products, naturally existing in air of metal-ore mines. Results concern the three year period between 1985 and 1987, during which the observed annual average concentrations were stable and have been recognised as values corresponding to the steady state. They are presented and analysed assuming several possible values of the Authorized Limit of the exposure of miners to radon daughter products. The values: 1 WLM, 2.5 WLM, 3.5 WLM (Working Level Month) were considered and compared with the value of 5 WLM, which is currently the basic limit recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), and approved by the WHO, ILO and IAEA. Though the value of 3.5 WLM is presently adopted and officially authorized in Poland as the Authorized Limit of annual individual miners' exposure, the results presented in this paper lead to the conclusion that the value of 2.5 WML could be adopted instead of the current one. This means that the present limit could be decreased by about 30% and without causing any social, technological and economic problems in Polish metal-ore mines.</p>","PeriodicalId":77768,"journal":{"name":"Polish journal of occupational medicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"76-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13635586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}