title: [Environmental and biological monitoring of exposure to PAHs in Taranto coke-oven workers and in two groups of the general population from Apulia].
abstract: The exposure to PAHs was assessed by personal air sampling and urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP) in 100 coke-oven workers (CW) of the Taranto plant and in subjects from the general population living close (NC, 18) and far away (FC, 15) from the plant. Median airborne benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) and 1-OHP levels were 152, 1.5, and 3.6 ng/m3 and 2.0, 0.5 and 0.6 microg/g creatinine in CW, NC, and FC, respectively. BaP exposure exceeded the German acceptable (70 ng/m3) and tolerable (700 ng/m3) limit risk based values in 82 and 11% of CW and the European target value for ambient air (1 ng/m3) in about 65% of NC and FC. 1-OHP levels exceed the proposed biological limit value for the coke-oven industry (4.4 microg/g crt) in 21% of CW and the Italian reference value (0.3 microg/g crt) in about 90% of NC and FC. The exposure resulted lower than in the past, but this study highlights that PAHs exposure from the coke plant still poses a health risk for workers and the general population.
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità, Università degli Studi di Milano e Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via San Barnaba 8, 20122 Milano. laura.campo@unimi.it
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Campo
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Vimercati
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Carrus
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Bisceglia
authors: A C
authors: AC
authors: Pesatori
authors: P A
authors: PA
authors: Bertazzi
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Assennato
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Fustinoni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003077:Coke; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D003077:Coke; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons