POTENTIAL OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE OF MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATOR WORKERS WITH PCDD PCDF/

Authors
PAPKE O BALL M LIS A
Citation
O. Papke et al., POTENTIAL OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE OF MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATOR WORKERS WITH PCDD PCDF/, Chemosphere, 27(1-3), 1993, pp. 203-209
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
27
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
203 - 209
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1993)27:1-3<203:POEOMW>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The results of analyses of 10 whole blood samples from workers engaged in operating a Municipal Waste Incinerator (MWI) are reported. The va lues are compared to the so called ''background'' values from 102 subj ects in Germany. Concerning the MWI-workers it is striking that in cer tain cases the higher chlorinated dioxins and furans - especially the hexa-, hepta- and octa-CDD/CDF - show elevated concentrations.