低化PCB在拆除工人在污染工地工作时积聚在拆除工人身上
Stephanie C Hammel1, Vivi Schlünssen2, David Hope3
1The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
Environment international
|November 14, 2024
概括
在受多二 (PCB) 污染的场地,拆除工人显示血清PCB含量增加,特别是低类同源,尽管安全装备. 这凸显了高风险工人面临的风险,以及需要加强安全措施的必要性.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
背景情况:
- 丹麦社会住宅区的建筑物超过了室内空气中多二 (PCB) 的指导值.
- 拆除这些PCB污染的建筑物需要对工人的暴露进行评估.
- 生物监测对于评估内部对环境污染物的暴露至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在为期两年的拆除项目中,评估拆除工人对所有209种PCB的活体暴露.
- 为了比较PCB血清度和积累在受污染工地工人与其他工作场所和办公环境.
- 评估个人防护设备 (PPE) 在减轻PCB暴露方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 在两个多年的时间里,在受污染的地点对拆除工人 (n=24) 的血清PCB度进行生物监测.
- 与其他地点的拆除工人 (n=21) 和办公室工人 (n=17) 的PCB水平比较.
- 气色谱高分辨率质谱法 (GC-HRMS) 用于测量血清样本中的58种不同的PCB同源物.
主要成果:
- 与办公室工人相比,污染现场的拆除工人在一年后,低化PCB (三和四PCB) 的含量增加了四倍.
- 九种特定的PCB,包括PCB-66/80,在受污染工地工人中从基线到1年显著增加.
- 较高的化PCB保持稳定或略有下降,而年龄和脂性 (logKow) 预测PCB增加.
结论:
- 尽管提供个人防护设备,但PCB污染现场的拆除工人经历了显著的内部暴露和低化PCB的积累.
- 职业安全措施需要仔细考虑,以尽量减少破坏工人在受污染的环境中的暴露风险.
- 这些发现强调了生物监测对于评估和管理职业暴露在PCB等持久性有机污染物的重要性.
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