Background: Toluene is a harmful substance still being used as a solvent and catalyst in many industries that can increase the level of urinary hippuric acid (UHA). This study was designed to examine the level of toluene and UHA among workers of industrial site in seven companies in Sidoarjo, Indonesia and to analyze the risk factors for abnormal UHA. Methods: This study was an analytical cross...

Background: Printing press workers deal with printing inks that contain potentially hazardous chemicals and solvents. Present study was designed to determine the biochemical health profile of workers. Methods: Cross sectional conducted in 50 (male) 20 non-printing age matched workers, who were not exposed environment but lived all around area. Non-fasting blood...

Recently, cholangiocarcinoma has epidemically developed among young adult workers of a printing company in Japan. Exposure to organic solvents including 1,2-dichloropropane and/or dichloromethane is supposed to be associated with the carcinoma development. The metabolism of dichloromethane proceeds through a Theta-class glutathione S-transferase (GST) T1-1-catalyzed pathway, where its reactive ...

To find out the prevalence of good knowledge, appropriate attitude and safe practice among printing workers exposed to organic solvents in Hong Kong, and to see if safe practice was influenced by the knowledge of and the attitude towards the harmful effects of organic solvents as well as other factors. The survey was conducted in a sample of 501 male printing workers from 28 factories in Hong K...

Benzisothiazolinone (1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one or BIT) is an antimicrobial agent used as a preservative in multiple water-based solutions, such as glues, cleaning agents, polishes, paints, varnishes, and hardeners (1). The use of this preservative is allowed in household and industrial products (2); however, its use in cosmetics is not allowed (3). It may occasionally be present in PVC gloves ...

Kumagai et al recently observed a striking increase in mortality from cholangiocarcinoma (CC) among workers in a colour proof-printing shop in Japan, based on six deaths among 11 CC cases in a group of 62 workers employed between 1991 and 2006. Exposure to 1,2-dichloropropane and dichloromethane was reported. Kubo et al extended the observation including 111 workers employed from 1981 to 2012, ...

Effects of Lead Exposure in Printing Houses on Immune and Neurobehavioral Functions of Women: Niu QIAO, et al. Department of Occupational Health, Shanxi Medical University, China—The object of this study was the effect of lead (Pb) exposure on immune and neurobehavioral parameters of 16 women with a mean age of 34 yr who worked for an average of 12 yr in three printing houses in Taiyuan (Shanxi...

and co-workers use a nanotransfer printing technique to fabricate large-area visible 3D negative index metamaterials. Alternating silver and dielectric layers are printed over a large area on a fl exible substrate, and deposition conditions are introduced such that nearly ideal geometries with excellent optical properties are obtained.