backgrounds and aims: semi automated processes of iranian tire manufacturing factories lead to significant occupational exposures to benzene and toluene compounds. this study was conducted to evaluate the magnitude and risk of workers exposures. materials and methods: personal monitoring of 100 workers (10 groups) was performed using niosh method no.1501 in two tire manufacturing factories in t...

in which ground glass connections could not be used because of the large size of the flasks, it was found that benzene extracts of rubber stoppers previously washed with ether and methanol still contained blue-green fluorescing substances. These extracts had the ultraviolet absorption spectra of carcinogenic hydrocarbons and other compounds of interest. This discovery seemed of such great possi...

Aim: In this study, our objective was to investigate whether there is any relationship between working in the rubber industry and having respiratory symptoms. Method: This study was performed on 141 workers of a rubber factory. Anamnesis, physical examination and pulmonary function tests (PFT) were evaluated. Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) follow-up and skin Prick Test were administered to the pati...

Spontaneous abortions in hospitals were analysed from two sources-membership files of the Union of Rubber and Leather Workers (about 10000 women) and records of the personnel of a rubber factory (about 1600 women). Two frequencies of spontaneous abortions were calculated for each population analysed: rate (No spontaneous abortions x 100/No pregnancies) and ratio (No spontaneous abortions x 100/...

Industry standards for shielded medium-voltage cables (5–46 kV) have recently been revised, changing the dc test voltages for field tests and test durations and limiting tests to newly installed cables. The following industry groups’ specifications and standards provide different guidelines for dc field tests for cross-linked polyethylene and ethylene propylene rubber insulated cables: IEEE, In...

In the annals of history the evolution of the synthetic rubber industry can be traced to the early 1930s where the first emulsion polymerised styrene butadiene rubber known as Buna S was prepared by I. G. Farbenindustrie in Germany. But it was not until the US Government in 1940 established the Rubber Reserve Company, a stockpile of natural rubber and the development of a synthetic rubber progr...

Silicone rubber insulators are replacing the conventional ceramic and porcelain insulators rapidly in power transmission and distribution industry. Very limited field knowledge is available about the performance of silicone rubber insulators in polluted and contaminated environments and therefore need further investigation. A comprehensive analysis of silicone rubber sheets (intended for coatin...

A review of the literature and an update that is in progress of a previous retrospective cohort mortality study of the styrene-1,3-butadiene industry are discussed. The follow-up has now been extended from April 1, 1976, through December 31, 1981, for plant B and December 31, 1982, for plant A. The person-years at risk of death have gone from 34,187 to 43,341 in plant A and from 19,742 to 26,31...

2-Mercaptobenzothiazole, which is mainly used in the rubber industry as a vulcanization accelerator, is very toxic and is considered to be recalcitrant. We show here for the first time that it can be biotransformed and partially mineralized by a pure-culture bacterial strain of Rhodococcus rhodochrous. Three metabolites, among four detected, were identified.