[Cancer risk for coke-oven workers in the Taranto steel plant].

Autor: Giua R; Agenzia regionale per la protezione dell'ambiente della Puglia, Bari. robertogiua@libero.it, Spartera M, Viviano G, Ziemacki G, Carbotti G
Jazyk: italština
Zdroj: Epidemiologia e prevenzione [Epidemiol Prev] 2005 Sep-Dec; Vol. 29 (5-6 Suppl), pp. 42-4.
Abstrakt: Taranto coke oven batteries create a carcinogenic risk because of workers' exposure to PAHs, benzene and asbestos. Because of the vicinity to the city and the inadequacy of measures of pollution control, a risk also exists for the general population. Although the issue of environmental reclaim had been addressed by a specific law (DPR 23.04.1998), the solution to close the oldest batteries had been adopted through and enforced by the city administration and the Court. However, a recent agreement between ILVA and the Apulia Regional Administration has allowed to restart the use of some ovens, after simple revamping.
Databáze: MEDLINE