PharmacyEnvironmental SciencesToxicologyEnvironmental HealthOccupational HealthOccupational ToxicologyCarcinogenicity AssessmentChemical Hazard AssessmentExposure AssessmentExposure MonitoringOccupational CarcinogenesisOccupational Health HazardsBenzene ExposureCancer Risk AssessmentCarcinogen Exposure LimitsManufacturingOccupational Cancer ExposuresOccupational Carcinogen ExposureOccupational Exposure RiskTime-weighted Average Exposure
WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC?: Benzene is classified as a Class I human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Long-term exposure to benzene increases the risk of chronic benzene poisoning and leukemia. However, benzene is still widely used in the manufacturing industry. WHAT IS ADDED BY THIS REPORT?: The scale of enterprises most exposed to benzene was small enterprises, and joint-equity enterprises had the highest number that exceeded the permissible concentration-time weighted average. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE?: It is still necessary to strengthen the monitoring of benzene concentrations in the manufacturing industry, especially in small enterprises. The occupational exposure limit of benzene should be appropriately reduced.
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Hematotoxicity in Workers Exposed to Low Levels of Benzene
Qing Lan, Luoping Zhang, Guilan Li et al. · Science · 2004 · 624 citations · Full text
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