Objectives—A prospective cohort study was initiated to clarify whether the current level of exposure to carbon disulphide (CS2) is low enough to prevent occurrence of subclinical health impairments or to ameliorate health eVects due to past high exposure. This paper describes the eVects of exposure to CS2 on the nervous and endocrine systems, and the subjective symptoms in a baseline observatio...

Assay of free and acid labile carbon disulphide (free and total CS2 respectively) in human blood was performed by gas chromatography/spectrometry. The method used a large dynamic head space volume and a "cryogenic trap". Blood CS2 concentration was measured in 42 subjects not occupationally exposed to CS2 (group A) and in 11 alcoholic subjects (group B) treated with disulfiram. Free CS2 concent...

Records of blood pressure and body weight of CS2 workers were analyzed in relation to the levels of CS2 exposure at a Japanese rayon-producing fac tory. A cohort of 46 CS2 workers who had later been transferred to non-CS2 jobs showed first a statistically significant rise, which was then followed by two consecutive episodes of statistically significant falls in systolic blood pressure. These ep...

Carbon disulfide (CS2) has been historically associated with the production of rayon, cellophane, and carbon tetrachloride. This study identifies multiple mechanisms by which CS2 contributes to the formation of CO2 in the atmosphere. CS2 and other associated sulfide compounds were found by this study to be present in emissions from unconventional shale gas extraction and processing (E&P) operat...

OBJECTIVES A prospective cohort study was initiated to clarify whether the current level of exposure to carbon disulphide (CS2) is low enough to prevent occurrence of subclinical health impairments or to ameliorate health effects due to past high exposure. This paper describes the effects of exposure to CS2 on the nervous and endocrine systems, and the subjective symptoms in a baseline observat...

Carbon disulfide has long been recognized as a potent inhibitor of nitrification, and it is the likely active component in several nitrification inhibitors suitable for field use. The effects of this compound on Nitrosomonas europaea have been investigated, and the site of action has been determined. Low concentrations of CS2 (less than 400 microM) produced a time-dependent inhibition of ammoni...

20 Paired associative stimulation (PAS) of the motor cortex leads to increased motor evoked potential 21 (MEP) amplitudes in the stimulated hand muscles. We hypothesized that evoking GABA A receptor-22 mediated short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) simultaneously with excitatory PAS would depress 23 long-term potentiation plasticity in motor cortex. Four different PAS paradigms were te...

Carbon disulfide (CS2) has been historically associated with the manufacturing of rayon, cellophane, and carbon tetrachloride production. This study is one of the first to identify elevated atmospheric levels of CS2 above national background levels and its mechanisms to dysregulate normal glucose metabolism. Interference in glucose metabolism can indirectly cause other complications (diabetes, ...

The reactions of 46 atomic-metal cations with CS2 have been investigated at room temperature using an inductively-coupled plasma/selected-ion flow tube (ICP/SIFT) tandem mass spectrometer. Rate coefficients and products were measured for the reactions of fourth-period atomic ions from K+ to Se+, of fifth-period atomic ions from Rb+ to Te+ (excluding Tc+), and of sixth-period atomic ions from Cs...