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Whole-Body Nanoparticle Aerosol Inhalation Exposures
Published on: May 7, 2013
Potential occupational exposures in the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim/Germany
Frank Musshoff1, Sandra Gottsmann, Sylvia Mitschke
1Institute of Forensic Medicine, Bonn, Germany. f.musshoff@uni-bonn.de
Abstract:
The Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen in Mannheim, Germany requested support from a toxicological laboratory in evaluating occupational exposures before a cleanup and renovation period in 2006. Samples of dust and dirt and scrapings of exhibits were collected from several locations. Following toxicologically relevant compounds could be identified by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC/MS) by comparison with a mass spectra library: dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) and its breakdown product dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethane (DDD) as well as dichlorodiphenyl dichlorethylene (DDE), methoxychlor, nicotine, and camphor. In recent times various insecticides have been used to protect museum artefacts against moths, woodborers and other insect pests. Caution has to be made because the presence of hazardous compounds can result in security problems for museum staff as well as for visitors.
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