EESA10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Occupational Disease, Cumulative Incidence, Peritoneum
20 Apr 2018
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2001, it is posited that they were generated in the high-temperature combustion of airplane fuel. A great deal is yet to be learned about the health effects of nanoparticles, but what is known about exposures and systemic health effects suggests that some caution is warranted in adopting this new technology. As described in sections 5. 1 and 5. 2, industry creates or uses a range of synthetic organic chemicals and metals, which present hazards to workers, the general population (nearby or far away), and even users of industry"s products. Although the general population is exposed to particles from the burning of fossil fuels, it is workers who have typically sustained the highest exposures to particles and fibers. As noted previously, all miners are commonly exposed to naturally occurring silica (quartz) dust in the earth"s crust, and coal miners are also exposed to coal dust.
