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Bioaerosol emitted by working activities in Waste Sorting Plants (WSP) were associated with several health disorders such as rhinitis, asthma and hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The aim of the study was to investigate the exposure to airborne…

(1,3)-B-D-glucans are compounds of biological origin (moulds, yeast, plants, certain bacteria). They may be present in the workplace air and can represent a toxinic risk for exposed workers.

The objectives of the study are to develop and to assess a method…

Assessing chemical risks at the workplace can include a chemicals measurement step whose aim is to assess the exposures of the workers. In order to perform exposure diagnostic assessments that are representative of the risks, the measurements…

Anaerobic digestion or “methanisation” is the use of microorganisms to break down organic matter under controlled conditions and in the absence of oxygen. In general, the process pursues two recycling-for-energy goals: one by recovering methane…

(1,3)--D-glucans are polysaccharides from biological origin that may become airborne particles during normal working operations with contaminated materials. Exposure to airborne (1,3)--D-glucans are assumed to induce work related respiratory…

Microbial aerosols captured by HVAC filters can colonize those filters in appropriate conditions, especially when HVAC system is stopped. The risk of microbial aerosol release downstream filters is increased after a stopping period. After…

Hundreds types of cheese are produced in France (second world’s consumer with 25.6 kg/year/inhabitant in 2010). Plants involved in this occupational sector are numerous and many workers may be exposed to fungal bioaerosols and may develop adverse…

Occupational allergies are among the most frequent of occupational diseases, because numerous sensitizing substances and organisms are present in the working world. Often underestimated, such pathologies can become very disabling and can…

Quantitative (CFU counting, ergosterol rate) and qualitative (SEM observations) analyses and a dedicated experimental set-up were combined in this study to examine the growth and release of a bacteria-fungi consortium collected by fibrous…

(1,3)--D-glucans are polysaccharides from biological origin that may become airborne particles during normal working operations with contaminated materials. The aim of the study was to investigate how the pre-treatment of samples could affect…