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Exposure Assessment to Mercury Vapor in Chloralkali Industry

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The aim of the study was to develop a sampling method aimed at individual sampling of mercury vapor and subsequent individualexposure assessment of the worker. Hopcalite available fromInowrocławskie Zakłady Chemiczne (in Poland) was founduseful for mercury vapor sampling in active and passive individual samplers. However the sampling rate determined forpassive sampler in steady-state laboratory chamber cannot be usedunder fluctuating conditions of mercury vapor concentration andair movement typical for field measurement. In order to check comparativeness of passive and active sampling methods, sampleswere taken in the same time and individual samplers fixed toworker's clothes were used. Mercury vapor concentration wasmeasured at two chloralkali industries in Poland and the resultswere presented. Excessive exposure in both industries wasconfirmed by finding elevated mercury concentration in urinesamples from the workers.

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  1. Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Sosnowiec, Poland

    Wojciech Mniszek

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Mniszek, W. Exposure Assessment to Mercury Vapor in Chloralkali Industry. Environ Monit Assess 68, 197–207 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010704712646

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