Development of a method for monitoring personal exposure to benzyl violet 4B and direct blue 15 in workplace air
Autor: | Hidesuke Shimizu, Seiichiro Kanno, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Osamu Nishinoiri, Akito Takeuchi |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Air sampling
Materials science Air Pollutants Occupational High-performance liquid chromatography Benzyl violet 4B 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Occupational Exposure Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Workplace Chromatography High Pressure Liquid Detection limit Reproducibility Chromatography Brief Report Benzenesulfonates Workplace air Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results Personal exposure monitoring 030210 environmental & occupational health Direct blue 15 Azo Compounds Environmental Monitoring |
Zdroj: | Journal of Occupational Health |
ISSN: | 1348-9585 1341-9145 |
Popis: | Objectives: The purpose of this research was to develop a method for monitoring personal exposure to benzyl violet 4B (BV) and direct blue 15 (DB) in workplace air for risk assessment. Methods: We evaluated the utility of the proposed method by examining the following: recovery; method limit of quantification; reproducibility; and storage stability of the samples. Results: An air sampling cassette containing a glass fiber filter was chosen as the sampler. BV and DB were extracted from the sampler filters with a solution of water and methanol (7:3, v/v) and then analyzed by a high-performance liquid chromatograph equipped with a photo-diode array detector. The overall recoveries from spiked samplers were 94-102% and 94-99% for BV and DB, respectively. The recovery after seven days of storage at 4°C exceeded 95%. The method limits of quantification were 0.250 and 1.25 μg/sample for BV and DB, respectively. The relative standard deviations, which represent the overall reproducibility defined as precision, were 0.6-4.1% and 0.8-2.9% for BV and DB, respectively. Conclusions: The proposed method enables 4 h personal exposure monitoring of BV and DB at concentrations of 1-2,000 μg/m3 for BV and 5-2,000 μg/m3 for DB, with a 240 l sampling. Thus, the proposed method is useful for estimating worker exposure to BV and DB. |
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