Hygienic assessment of the air in the working area of the chemical plants of butyl alcohols and methyl-tret-butyl ether
https://doi.org/10.47470/0016-9900-2018-97-9-835-839
Abstract
There was made a hygienic assessment of the air environment of chemical production in Eastern Siberia for the production of commercial butyl alcohol of ISO — and normal structure and methyl-tret-butyl ether (MTBE). The company uses continuous processing cycles with a high degree of automation and mechanization of labor-intensive operations. A retrospective study of the air of the working area of these industries over the 13-year period found no exceedances in MAC of harmful substances (butyl alcohols, MTBE, and oil aldehyde, methanol, aliphatic hydrocarbons C1-C10, carbon monoxide, cobalt tetracarbonyl hydride), there was a noticeable downward trend over the observation period, which is associated with the introduction in the target industries of technical and sanitary-hygienic measures, optimization of working conditions. The studies carried out at the present time indicate a continuing effect on low-intensity chemical compounds operating in the said complex, which corresponds to the permissible level of the occupational risk.
About the Authors
Natalia A. TaranenkoRussian Federation
MD, Ph.D., researcher of the Laboratory of analytical ecotoxicology and biomonitoring of the “East-Siberian Institute of Medico-Ecological research, Angarsk, 665827, Russian Federation.
e-mail: labchem99@gmail.com
N. M. Meshchakova
Russian Federation
O. M. Zhurba
Russian Federation
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Taranenko N.A., Meshchakova N.M., Zhurba O.M. Hygienic assessment of the air in the working area of the chemical plants of butyl alcohols and methyl-tret-butyl ether. Hygiene and Sanitation. 2018;97(9):835-839. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.47470/0016-9900-2018-97-9-835-839