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Following the expert appraisal work published in 2009 by the French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire de l’Environnement et du Travail) on asbestos…

Due to the growing use of nanoparticles in industrial processes, the number of workers potentially exposed is increasing while the toxicological properties of these compounds are not fully known. Since these particles can be aerosolised, the…

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Thermal spraying is a process during which a coating is applied at high temperature and at high speed onto a metal object, for the purposes, for example, of producing a surface that is more resistant to corrosion…

To identify traces of airborne beryllium in workplaces sampled on a support, the ICP-MS analysis method was compared to the most sensitive current methods (electro-thermal atomic absorption spectrometry [ETAAS], molecular fluorescence). A laboratory-based…

Welding fumes (WF) are a complex mixture of ultrafine polymetallic particles, which can deposit in all regions of the respiratory tract. They contain high levels of transition metals (Cr, Cu, Mn...) known to catalyse the production of reactive oxygen…

Inhalation of welding fumes (WF) containing high levels of transition metals (Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni ) is associated with numerous health effects. Transition metals are known to catalyze the production of ROS and their reactivity depends on the nature of…

For a long time, evaluation of exposure to chemical compounds was limited to measuring merely the volatile fraction of the compounds and thus to exposure by inhalation. However, the use of semi-volatile products and other particular substances…