Analysis and hazard classification for the monomers in thermoplastic resins

열가소성 수지의 단량체 분석 및 유해성 분류

  • Lee, Kwon Seob (Occupational Safety & Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency) ;
  • Jo, Ji-Hun (Occupational Safety & Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency) ;
  • Choi, Jin hee (Occupational Safety & Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency) ;
  • Choi, Sung bong (Occupational Safety & Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency) ;
  • Lee, Jong Han (Occupational Safety & Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency) ;
  • Yang, Jeong Sun (Occupational Safety & Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency)
  • 이권섭 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원) ;
  • 조지훈 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원) ;
  • 최진희 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원) ;
  • 최성봉 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원) ;
  • 이종한 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원) ;
  • 양정선 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원)
  • Received : 2007.10.09
  • Accepted : 2007.12.27
  • Published : 2007.12.31

Abstract

This study covers the investigation of the actual condition in the workplace to produce plastics products using synthetic resins and the investigation on the trends amount of the domestic production of thermoplastic resins. To analyze the monomers included in thermoplastic resins frequently used in the workplace, we analyzed thermal characteristics for test compounds using thermogravimetric analysis and did the qualitative analysis using Pyrolyzer GC-MSD & TDS GC-MSD. And then we classified the health hazard of monomers based on GHS classification criteria using information toxicity & carcinogenicity. The number of the workplace to produce plastics products among all domestic manufacturers of 73,884 was 4,391 (5.94%). The number of workers to produce plastics products among all workers of 2,522,750 in all domestic manufacturers was 104,971 (4.16%). The amount of production per year for thermoplastic resins is in the order of PP, HDPE, LDPE, PVC, ABS, PS and such compounds was producing over 1 Million ton per year each. The classification result based on GHS classification criteria for 22 main compounds included thermoplastic resins says 2 compounds of acrylonitrile, naphthalene are in Acute oral category 3 and benzene is in Acute dermal category 1. The classification results of health hazard of carcinogenicity based on IARC & ACGIH carcinogen classification says 2 compounds of benzene, vinyl chloride are in category 1A (known to be human carcinogens).

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