War journalism: an occupational exposure

Apart from the risk of accidents, war theatres present a hazard related to numerous long-lasting toxic agents. For 10 years, a >60-year-old male journalist worked in war theatres in the Far and Near East where he was exposed to asbestos and other toxic substances (metals, silica, clays, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other organic substances) contained in dust and smoke of destroyed buildings. More than 15 years later, he developed a mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the soft palate and, subsequently, a pleural malignant mesothelioma. The safety of war journalists should focus not only on preventing the risk of being killed, but also on providing protection from toxic and carcinogenic agents. Exposure to substances released during the destruction of buildings can also pose a carcinogenic risk for survivors.

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Contamination of Flamed and Braised Chickens and Health Risk Assessment in Burkina Faso

Toxics ◽

10.3390/toxics9030065 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 65

Author(s):

Bazoin Sylvain Raoul Bazié ◽

Caroline Douny ◽

Thomas Judicaël Ouilly ◽

Djidjoho Joseph Hounhouigan ◽

Aly Savadogo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Health Risk ◽

Burkina Faso ◽

Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

High Performance ◽

Maximum Level ◽

Carcinogenic Risk ◽

Daily Consumption ◽

Fluorescence Detector ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic

Charcoal- or wood-cooked chicken is a street-vended food in Burkina Faso. In this study, 15 samples of flamed chicken and 13 samples of braised chicken were analyzed for 15 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with a high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detector. A face-to-face survey was conducted to assess the consumption profiles of 300 men and 300 women. The health risk was assessed based on the margin of exposure (MOE) principle. BaP (14.95–1.75 μg/kg) and 4PAHs (BaP + Chr + BaA + BbF) (78.46–15.14 μg/kg) were eight and five times more abundant at the median level in flamed chickens than in braised ones, respectively. The contents of BaP and 4PAHs in all flamed chicken samples were above the limits set by the European Commission against 23% for both in braised chickens. Women had the highest maximum daily consumption of both braised (39.65 g/day) and flamed chickens (105.06 g/day). At the estimated maximum level of consumption, women were respectively 3.64 (flamed chicken) and 1.62 (braised chicken) times more exposed to BaP and 4PAHs than men. MOE values ranged between 8140 and 9591 for men and between 2232 and 2629 for women at the maximum level of consumption of flamed chickens, indicating a slight potential carcinogenic risk.

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Distribution and Health Risk Assessment on Dietary Exposure of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Vegetables in Nanjing, China

Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.1155/2016/1581253 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Minmin Wu ◽

Zhonghuan Xia ◽

Qianqian Zhang ◽

Jing Yin ◽

Yanchi Zhou ◽

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Keyword(s):

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Health Effect ◽

Dietary Exposure ◽

Carcinogenic Risk ◽

Source Analysis ◽

Exposure Level ◽

Critical Limit ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic ◽

Local Residents

In a market basket study made in Nanjing, China, in which the most common consumed nine kinds of vegetables foodstuffs were sampled, the contents of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analyzed using gas chromatography with mass spectrometer detector (GC-MS). The results showed that the total amount of 16 PAHs was within the range of 60.5~312 ng g−1 (wet weight). The ranking of total concentrations for different types of vegetables in decreasing order was leafy vegetable, fruit vegetable, and rhizome vegetable. Source analysis suggested that coal, oil, or other incomplete combustion of biomass mainly contributed to the concentration of PAHs. The margin of exposure (MOE) approach with age/gender group-specific daily dietary exposure level was used to estimate the carcinogenic risk. The calculated total mean MOE in the case of BaP and PAH4 (sum of BaA, CHR, BbF, and BaP) was 14960 and 7723, respectively, for local residents. In addition, the MOEs in PAH4 for some groups of both male and female were below the critical limit of 10 000 proposed by EFSA. Therefore, health effect owing to the consumption of vegetables on local residents needs high concern.

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Characterization and carcinogenic risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic and nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in exhaust emission from gasoline passenger cars using on-road measurements in Beijing, China

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.113 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 645 ◽

pp. 347-355 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Xuewei Hao ◽

Xin Zhang ◽

Xinyue Cao ◽

Xianbao Shen ◽

Jiacheng Shi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Carcinogenic Risk ◽

Exhaust Emission ◽

Passenger Cars ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic ◽

Carcinogenic Risk Assessment ◽

Beijing China

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Cancer risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the soil and sediments of Iran: a systematic review study

Reviews on Environmental Health ◽

10.1515/reveh-2021-0080 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary ◽

Neamatollah Jaafarzadeh ◽

Mohammad Rezvani Ghalhari ◽

Mohsen Hesami Arani

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Cancer Risk ◽

Human Health ◽

Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Dermal Exposure ◽

Carcinogenic Risk ◽

Cancer Risk Assessment ◽

Accidental Exposure ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic

Abstract Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic pollutants containing several hydrocarbon rings affecting human health according to the published monitoring data. Most of these compounds can be absorbed by the soil and sediments due to the abundance of production resources of these compounds in the soil around the cities and sediments of the Iranian coast. Cancer risk assessment (CRA) is one of the most effective methods for quantifying the potentially harmful effects of PAHs on human health. In this study, the published papers that monitored PAHs in Iran’s soil and sediments were reviewed. The extraction of different data and their equivalent factors were performed according to BaP equivalent, which is the main factor for calculating CRA of PAHs. The highest concentrations of PAHs were found in the sediments of Assaluyeh industrial zones (14,844 μg/kg), Khormousi region (1874.7 μg/kg), and Shadegan wetland (1749.5 μg/kg), respectively. Dermal exposure to sediments was 96% in adults, and 4% in children, and ingestion exposure to sediment was 99% in adults and 99.2% in children. Children dermal exposure to soil was 53%, and the accidental exposure to soil was 47%. In adults, dermal exposure to soil was 96% and the accidental exposure was 4%. The results of the present study indicated a significant, the carcinogenic risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in sediments of southern regions and soils of central regions of Iran is significant.

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