CHEMICAL-POLLUTANTS IN X-RAY-FILM PROCESSING DEPARTMENTS

Authors
SCOBBIE E DABILL DW GROVES JA
Citation
E. Scobbie et al., CHEMICAL-POLLUTANTS IN X-RAY-FILM PROCESSING DEPARTMENTS, The Annals of occupational hygiene, 40(4), 1996, pp. 423-435
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology,"Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
The Annals of occupational hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034878
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
423 - 435
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4878(1996)40:4<423:CIXPD>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A survey of X-ray film processing departments revealed the main airbor ne contaminants to be sulphur dioxide and acetic acid at concentration s of about 0.1 ppm. Glutaraldehyde was not detected either in the ambi ent air or in the exhaust duct from an automatic film processor. Labor atory studies confirmed sulphur dioxide and acetic acid as the main he adspace constituents above working strength processing solutions but g lutaraldehyde and butyraldehyde were also detected. Crown copyright (C ) 1996 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.