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A Dentan1, A Devanthéry, J E de Peyer
1Institut de santé au travail, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Objective:
In order to identify users of PGME and potential exposures, a chemical registration database maintained in Switzerland was analysed.
Method:
The database contains information on the composition of products (qualitative and quantitative), the field of use, the year of registration and the domain of commercial applications (public or professional).
Results:
Identification of potential exposures in Switzerland was carried out. Out of a total of 150,000 products, 2334 were found to contain PGME and most contained between 1% and 10% PGME. There was a great increase in the number of products declared between 1983 and 1991. The principal fields of use were in inks, varnishes and paints.
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