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Safety shoes, earplugs, masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) may be necessary in addition to collective measures in order to protect workers from risks when collective measures are not sufficient or cannot be implemented. The difficulties…
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This document presents a description of the INRS workplace study on the performance of Respiratory Protection Devices used for asbestos-removal. Results of asbestos fiber concentrations measured outside and inside supplied air respirators…
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Filters used in respiratory protective devices come in two categories: electret filters, used mainly in manufacturing disposable masks (made of electrically charged polymer fibres); and glass fibre filters, to be found in pleated form in cartridges…
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In this study, equilibria, and breakthrough were predicted for binary mixtures of three volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using a model based on partial differential equations of dynamic adsorption in activated carbon bed. The model aims to predict…
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The campaign for the determination of the assigned protection factorsof Respiratory Protective Devices used on asbestos removal sites made it possible to collect exposure data on two types of population present during the work: asbestos…
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Development of safety requirements applicable to Respiratory Protective Devices (RPD) is tending towards definition of normative procedures representative of work situations. In this context, the present memorandum aims to explain the differences…
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The purpose of this campaign was to determine, by META analysis, the assigned protection factors of respiratory protective devices worn by asbestos removal workers when removing materials containing asbestos from sites of levels 2 and 3, in…
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French regulations on the risks of exposure to asbestos have been amended considerably since 2012, with the occupational exposure limit value having been reduced to 10 F/l as of 1st July 2015. In order to check that the performance of Respiratory…
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Background: In France, the occupational limit value for asbestos (WHO definition + fine asbestos fibres) was reduced from 100 f/L to 10f/L, as analysed by analytical transmission electron microscopy, on 1st July 2015. This reduction associated with…
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