EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN POTTERY AND CERAMIC WORKERS

Yıl 2017, Cilt: Volume 2 Sayı: İssue 1 (1) - 2.İnternational Congress Of Forensic Toxicology, 70 - 70, 16.02.2017

Nursen Basaran Hatice Gul Anlar Merve Bacanlı Mohammed Shubaır Ceylan Bal Engin Tutkun Hinc Yılmaz

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During the last decade, the production and hence, the amount and
the types of exposure of hazardous chemicals have been increased in the
occupationally exposed workers. Most of these chemicals have deterious effects
in the living systems. The level of chemical exposure in the occupational
settings and the biomonitoring of workers and also establishing the regulatory
endpoints are very important. The exposures of chemicals in the workplaces have
been associated with the increase in allergy, organ and system disorders and
cancer. Therefore, the removal of these hazardous substances or the
substitutions of them with non-toxic ones are necessary for the protection of
workers’ health. In a large variety of occupations such as pottery and ceramic
industry, workers may be exposed to the many chemicals mainly to crystalline
silica. Occupational exposure to crystalline silica dust is related to an
increased risk for pulmonary diseases such as silicosis, tuberculosis, chronic
bronchitis and lung cancer. The genotoxic changes as assessed by comet assay in
foundry and ceramic workers will be given. In the presentation, the effects of
age, smoking, alcohol and protective equipment usage on the genotoxicity
parameters will also be discussed.

 

This study was funded by a grant from The Scientific and
Technological Research Council of Turkey (Project number: 115S079 and 199S200).

Anahtar Kelimeler

EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN POTTERY AND CERAMIC WORKERS

Kaynakça

• Nursen BASARAN, Hatice Gul ANLAR, Merve BACANLI, Mohammed SHUBAIR, Ceylan BAL, Engin TUTKUN, Hinc YILMAZ
• Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Çukurova University, 01330, Adana, Turkey Al-Azhar University, Gaza, Palestine Ankara Occupational Diseases Hospital, 06100, Ankara, Turkey