Title of article :
Feasibility of assessing dermal exposure to PAHs of
workers on gaswork sites }the SOLEX study
Author/Authors :
Fr´ed´eric Dora، نويسنده , , b، نويسنده , , Frans Jongeneelenc، نويسنده , , Denis Zmiroud، نويسنده , ,
Pascal Empereur-Bissonnetb، نويسنده , , Vincent Nedellece، نويسنده , ,
Jean-Marie Haguenoerf، نويسنده , , Alain Persong، نويسنده , ,
Colin Fergusonh، نويسنده , , William Dabb، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
هفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
Abstract :
Population exposure to pollutants in soil is an important public health concern. Difficult to measure, it is usually
estimated using multimedia models. Modeling data predict that the skin surface is a predominant exposure route in
roughly 15% of the US Superfund sites. Nonetheless, no study has confirmed these predictions. The SOLEX study
was an opportunity to study the feasibility of estimating the cutaneous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAHs: all
16 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency list. load of workers at three former manufactured gas
sites, one of those being under remediation. Over two measurement periods November 1997 and June 1998., 30 and
28 volunteers, respectively, were equipped for a single day work with five pads that collected soil particles and were
placed at the neck, shoulder, wrist, groin, and ankle. Pad contamination was observed for six of the nine workers on
the site being remediated but not on other sites. The wrist pad was most often affected, followed by the neck pad,
these are, the exposed regions of the body. The PAHs most frequently identified were anthracene, fluoranthene,naphthalene, phenanthrene, and pyrene, at concentrations relatively high. In conclusion, this study showed that
estimating skin exposure to soil pollutants is feasible. Secondly, it suggested that only subjects in close contact with
the soil had a detectable exposure to PAHs. Extension of this approach to other exposure settings is warranted,
especially among children playing in polluted public or private gardens, because their games lead to frequent contact
with the soil.
Keywords :
dermal exposure , PAHs , Contaminated soil , PADS
Journal title :
Science of the Total Environment
Journal title :
Science of the Total Environment