FIRE ACCIDENTS AND THE CONTAMINATION OF WORK CLOTHES WITH PCDD AND PCDF

Authors
WICHMANN H LORENZ W BAHADIR M
Citation
H. Wichmann et al., FIRE ACCIDENTS AND THE CONTAMINATION OF WORK CLOTHES WITH PCDD AND PCDF, Fresenius environmental bulletin, 5(1-2), 1996, pp. 43-48
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Fresenius environmental bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
10184619
Volume
5
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
43 - 48
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-4619(1996)5:1-2<43:FAATCO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
As one part of the investigations of fire tests with road and rail veh icles in a tunnel, work clothes were examined for PCDD/F contamination . The work clothes were used by scientific personal for sampling purpo ses. The tasks carried out for two to five days each can be compared w ith decontamination and waste disposal measures after fire accidents w ith respect to pollution of the clothes. Seven samples of cotton overa lls and one working glove were analyzed for their PCDD/F content. The results ranged between 1.40 and 367 ng I-TEQ/m(2) or 5.28 and 1,220 ng I-TEQ/kg.