Acute pulmonary toxicity following occupational exposure to a floor stain protector in the building industry in Switzerland
| Autor: | Eric Albrecht, P. O. Droz, Sophie Rusca, David Vernez, Catherine Lazor-Blanchet, Marcel-André Boillat, Raymond Berry |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Waterproofing Inhalation business.industry Pulmonary toxicity Acrylic Resins Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Stain Occupational medicine Dyspnea Respiratory injury Floors and Floorcoverings Occupational Exposure Humans Medicine Occupational exposure Particle Size business Intensive care medicine Lung Building industry Switzerland |
| Zdroj: | International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 77:244-248 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1246 0340-0131 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00420-004-0505-6 |
| Popis: | Waterproofing agents are widely applied to leather and textile garments; they are also used as floor stain protectors by professionals. Acute respiratory injury is described in three cases of young healthy adults following occupational inhalation of a new waterproofing formulation containing an acrylate fluoropolymer. Within 1 or 2 h after exposure they developed a rapidly progressive dyspnoea; two of them had hypoxaemia and flu-like reactions. All patients improved with supportive treatment in a few days. The mechanism of toxicity is still under investigation, but experimental data suggest the role of this new acrylate fluoropolymer. Tilers should be warned against spraying floor stain repellents; there is also a need to make consumers aware that the spraying of waterproofing agents in a closed environment and concomitant smoking should be avoided. |
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