在消防训练期间对多环芳香碳化合物的被动采样与活性采样方法的评估
Paro Sen1, Miriam Calkins1, Keith Stakes2
1National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, Cincinnati, OH 45213, USA.
Toxics
|February 25, 2025
概括
腕带有效地测量多环芳 (PAHs) 对于恶劣环境中的消防员. 这种被动采样方法与对关键PAHs的活跃空气采样有很强的相关性,提供了切实可行的替代方案.
科学领域:
- 环境健康和安全环境健康和安全
- 职业暴露监测 职业暴露监测
- 分析化学 分析化学
背景情况:
- 消防员在火灾事件和训练期间因不完全燃烧而面临大量的多环芳 (PAH) 职业暴露.
- 传统的活跃空气采样方法对于消防员来说往往是不切实际的,因为需要苛刻的工作环境,庞大的设备和时间限制.
- 被动抽样提供了一个潜在的替代方案,用于监测在具有挑战性的条件下的暴露.
研究的目的:
- 评估被动采样器的可行性和有效性,以测量消防员对PAHs的暴露.
- 为了确定从腕带获得的PAH测量和传统的活性空气采样方法之间的统计关系.
- 评估采样器在消防员遇到的极端环境中的实用性.
主要方法:
- 在受控燃烧实验中,腕带与活跃空气采样设备一起部署.
- 进行了双对采样,以比较两种方法测量的PAH度.
- 进行了统计分析,以评估基和活性空气样本结果之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- 腕带测量显示,与主导PAHs的活性空气样本有很强的相关性,特别是纳夫他林和.
- 使用样本检测PAHs在环境空气度低时是有限的,正如活跃样本所指出的那样.
- 该研究确定了特定条件 (高PAH水平,低排气潜力),其中样品是最有效的.
结论:
- 的被动采样器,如腕带,是监测消防员在极端环境中暴露于PAHs的可行和实用的替代方案.
- 这些样本与关键PAHs的活性方法有很强的相关性,但在较低度下存在局限性.
- 工业卫生专家可以利用样品作为评估PAH暴露在紧急响应和培训活动中传统方法具有挑战性的宝贵工具.
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