Exposure to metalworking fluids has been linked to modest cross-shift reductions in FEV1 and occupational asthma. To identify responsible agents, we measured personal exposures to thoracic particulate (TP), viable plus nonviable thoracic bacteria (BAC), and vapor phase nicotine (VPN) (as a surrogate for tobacco particulate) among 83 machinists exposed to soluble oils and 46 dry assemblers worki...

A number of environmentally adapted lubricants have been proposed in response to the environmental and health impacts of metalworking fluids (MWFs). The alternatives typically substitute petroleum with vegetable-based components and/or deliver minimum quantities of lubricant in gas rather than water, with the former strategy being more prevalent than the latter. A comparative life cycle assessm...

Mineraloils have long been utilizedin industriesas machining lubricants, which contributed to theirdepletion and hick in priceandbeing non-biodegradable, harmful the environment,and risk health.Plant-basedoil is more biodegradable, renewable, environmentally friendlyas a green alternative.However, their crudestate, plant-based oilsare not up par with standard mineral oil used lubricationin term...

BACKGROUNDS Occurrence of airway irritation among industrial metal workers was investigated. The aims were to study the association between exposures from water-based metal working fluids (MWF) and the health outcome among the personnel, to assess potential effects on the proteome in nasal mucous membranes, and evaluate preventive actions. METHODS The prevalence of airway symptoms related to ...

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INTRODUCTION Potential demographic risk factors for outbreaks of respiratory disease due to water-based metalworking fluids (MWFs) were investigated through systematic review of published outbreak investigations. METHODS Search terms were selected by a multidisciplinary team, assisted by an experienced library information service. Several computerized literature databases were searched for ar...

Ruth E Wiggans (REW): A 52-year-old man was referred with chronic cough of increasing severity over the last 4 years. The cough was productive of green sputum and he experienced coughing attacks weekly. He reported no other respiratory symptoms. He had a sore throat following coughing bouts but denied other upper airway complaints. He was otherwise well with no systemic symptoms. His cough had ...

Occupations with mineral oil exposure have been associated with bladder cancer in population-based casecontrol studies. The authors report results from the first cohort study to examine bladder cancer incidence in relation to quantitative exposures to metalworking fluids (MWFs), based on 21,999 male Michigan automotive workers, followed from 1985 through 2004. Cox regression was used to estimat...

A worker who ground the inner parts of camshafts for automobile engines using water-soluble metalworking fluid (MWF) for 14 yr was diagnosed with sinusitis. We postulated that the cause of sinusitis might be associated with exposure to microbes contaminating the water-soluble MWF used in the grinding operation. To uncover responsible agents for this case of sinusitis, a quantitative exposure as...

European Respiratory Society guidelines on the management of work-related asthma recommend that occupational asthma with an allergic mechanism should be diagnosed by both identifying the workplace as the cause, and confirming sensitisation to the asthmagen by specific inhalational challenge (SIC), in the absence of any available specific IgE tests [1, 2]. Used (contaminated) metalworking fluid ...