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- Title
DERMAL EXPOSURE OF AMATEUR OR NON-OCCUPATIONAL USERS TO WOOD-PRESERVATIVE FLUIDS APPLIED BY BRUSHING OUTDOORS.
- Authors
Roff, M. W.
- Abstract
The results of an experiment to determine the likely dermal exposure of amateur or occasional users to wood-preservative fluids, applied by brushing onto a wooden fence outdoors are presented. Exposure was measured using FIVES, a fluorescence monitoring technique developed at the Health and Safety Laboratory. Dermal exposure could be examined and measured in a detail that would have been impossible using any other technique. A number of factors were found to affect dermal exposure, including some that were unexpected. Trousers, a long-sleeved shirt and permeable gloves offered 20 times the protection of shorts and a T-shirt. Differences between individual subjects' behaviour gave rise to variations of a factor of 10. There was far more contamination at lower ambient temperatures, possibly because of more vigorous brushing. Spint-based fluid caused more exposure than water-based fluid, probably because the spirit flicked easily from the brush as a spray whereas the water remained in soapy globules. Only 1.6 times more fluid was applied in 1h than in 0.5h, but it caused 3.7 times as much contamination Crown copyright © 1997 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd
- Subjects
WOOD preservatives; WOODEN fences; SKIN care; LOW temperatures; INDUSTRIAL contamination; RISK assessment; UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency
- Publication
Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 1997, Vol 41, Issue 3, p297
- ISSN
0003-4878
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/annhyg/41.3.297