COBALT POWDER SINTERING INDUSTRY (STONE CUTTING DIAMOND WHEELS) - A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGICAL MONITORING, WORKPLACE IMPROVEMENT ANDHEALTH SURVEILLANCE

Authors
FERDENZI P GIAROLI C MORI P PEDRONI P PICCININI R RICCI R SALA O VERONESI C MINEO F
Citation
P. Ferdenzi et al., COBALT POWDER SINTERING INDUSTRY (STONE CUTTING DIAMOND WHEELS) - A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGICAL MONITORING, WORKPLACE IMPROVEMENT ANDHEALTH SURVEILLANCE, Science of the total environment, 150(1-3), 1994, pp. 245-248
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Science of the total environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
00489697
Volume
150
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
245 - 248
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-9697(1994)150:1-3<245:CPSI(C>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
This communication deals with an aspect of occupational hygiene in a f actory producing granite cutting diamond wheels by sintering, in mould s, of fine cobalt powder. The factory has been studied between 1988 an d 1991; the Department of Preventive and Occupational Medicine of the Local Sanitary Unit of Reggio Emilia has followed the evolution of the local exhaust ventilation equipment supplied by the employer in that period. At the same time, the following measurements and observations were carried out: (a) cobalt exposure by personal sampling, (b) airbor ne cobalt measurements by area sampling, (c) biological monitoring of cobalt in urine, (d) health surveillance.