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The quality of exposure assessment has been shown to have large implications on epidemiological results. For hazard identification, qualitative or semi-quantitative exposure assessment is sufficient, while risk quantification…

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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…

This scientific and technical note is a report on existing knowledge concerning the management of waste to characterize the potential chemical risks of this industry. This reflexion was carried out following the implementation of the law…

Nickel, classified as the main pollution factor in the appearance of occupational dermatitis of allergic origin by ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), is a metal that is very widely used in France. This…

Thermal spraying generates metal particles, which are often oxidised and of nanoparticle size. Studies have shown that urinary excretions of exposed employees are dependent on the process used, but available exposure data on this subject are…

Customers and dockers open freight container, in which toxic gas could be detected. No mark currently indentifies the dangerous containers. This report is a synthesis of the data available in the literature concerning toxic compounds present…

When sea freight containers are opened, workers (dockers, customs officers, and also goods-handling, freight, and transport staff) can be exposed to hazardous gases and vapours, whose presence is rarely indicated by signage. To shed light on the origin…

To modify the properties of materials, many industries have use to thermal spray processes. The coatings applied emit, during application, some nanoparticles which can be inhaled by workers. To better target prevention efforts, it was necessary…

Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) have antibacterial properties that are particularly advantageous thanks to their interaction with the cells of micro-organisms and to their propensity to produce silver ions that also act on such cells. They have…