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对野地消防员中致癌物质的职业暴露情况的审查
Molly West1, Skylar Brown1, Elizabeth Noth2
1National Technology and Development Program, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, Montana.
Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene
|October 2, 2024
概括
野地消防员在工作期间面临着大量的致癌物质暴露. 这一审查证实了对31种已识别的致癌物质的定期暴露,强调了持续和新的缓解策略的必要性,以保护消防员的健康.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
背景情况:
- 野火通过各种暴露途径给野地消防员带来健康风险.
- 虽然研究了野火烟雾的急性影响,但对暴露于致癌物质的癌症风险的理解较少.
- 本次审查侧重于野地消防员的致癌物暴露和癌症风险.
研究的目的:
- 评估现有证据,证明野地消防员暴露于致癌物质.
- 要总结在这个职业中测量的致癌物质度.
- 为了更好地了解与野地消防相关的癌症风险.
主要方法:
- 在多个科学数据库中进行了系统的文献搜索.
- 确定并分析了49篇相关论文.
- 使用空气采样,尿路生物标志物和皮肤擦拭样本量化了致癌物暴露.
主要成果:
- 在野地消防员中发现了31种不同的致癌物质.
- 通常测量的致癌物包括颗粒物,多环芳和挥发性有机化合物.
- 证据始终表明,尽管评估方法各异,但经常暴露于各种致癌物质.
结论:
- 野地消防员经常接触一系列致癌物质.
- 暴露评估方法各不相同,使直接的度比较变得复杂.
- 持续实施和开发缓解策略对于减少职业致癌物暴露至关重要.
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