The article reports on the effects of the oil spill's fume on the health of people in Iloilo and Guimaras areas in the Philippines. The Western Visayas Department of Health has reported hundreds of oil-related illnesses in the affected areas of the region. The recovered oil are producing ...
Health effects can therefore more often be attributed to the effects of exposure from one profession (welding) than from the specific exposures (welding fumes). To assess exposure indirect methods can be used. That is by characterizing type of industry, end product, steel used, application of ...
In naturally polluted rocks, sedimentary aquifers, and fractured bedrocks, it has been reported that the HMs could easily leach from the solid phase due to the variation of pH values [60]. The strong correlation between HMs leaching and pH is attributed to the synergistic effects of three pH...
The oil and hydraulic fumes consist of a range of hazardous substances; VOCs identified in cabin air quality studies, where quantified, ranged from 100 - 300 + compounds [9,38,39,53]. More than 100 VOC compounds were identified in a bleed air investigation after oil fumes partially inca...
Airport personnel are at risk of occupational exposure to jet engine emissions, which similarly to diesel exhaust emissions include volatile organic compounds and particulate matter consisting of an inorganic carbon core with associated polycyclic aromat
They are emitted by various industrial processes, coal- or oil-burning power plants, residential heating systems, and automobiles. Lead fumes (airborne particulates less than 0.5 μm in size) are particularly toxic and are an important pollutant of many diesel fuels. Except for lead, criteria ...
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Little is known about the effect of exposure to cooking oil fumes (COFs) on the development of non-malignant respiratory diseases in nonsmoking women. This study investigated the relationship between exposure to COFs and chronic bronchitis in female Taiw
The term, “criteria pollutants” derives from the requirement that EPA must describe the characteristics and potential health and welfare effects of these pollutants. It is on the basis of these criteria that standards are set or revised. crop rotation: A system of farming in which a regular...
Granted, the main way most of us are exposed to hexane is from inhaling gas fumes, and only trace amounts are found in canola oil. But with the long list of hexane’s side effects, do you really want to be eatingany? Acute exposure to hexane causes dizziness, giddiness, nausea, heada...