Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2018.05.002

An Integrated Air Monitoring Approach for Assessment of Formaldehyde in the Workplace  

Dugheri, Stefano (Laboratorio di Igiene e Tossicologia Industriale, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi)
Bonari, Alessandro (Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Universita Degli Studi di Firenze)
Pompilio, Ilenia (Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Universita Degli Studi di Firenze)
Colpo, Marco (Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni, Universita Degli Studi di Firenze)
Mucci, Nicola (Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Universita Degli Studi di Firenze)
Arcangeli, Giulio (Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Universita Degli Studi di Firenze)
Publication Information
Safety and Health at Work / v.9, no.4, 2018 , pp. 479-485 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study is to validate an integrated air monitoring approach for assessing airborne formaldehyde (FA) in the workplace. An active sampling by silica gel impregnated with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine, a passive solid phase microextraction technique using O-(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzyl)hydroxylamine as on-fiber derivatization reagent, an electrochemical direct-reading monitor, and an enzyme-based badge were evaluated and tested over a range of 0.020-5.12 ppm, using dynamically generated FA air concentrations. Simple linear regression analysis showed the four methods were suitable for evaluating airborne FA. Personal and area samplings in 12 anatomy pathology departments showed that the international occupational exposure limits in the GESTIS database were frequently exceeded. This monitoring approach would allow a fast, easy-to-use, and economical evaluation of both current work practices and eventual changes made to reduce FA vapor concentrations.
Keywords
air monitoring; chromatography; electrochemical sensor; enzyme-based badge; formaldehyde;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 1  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 Associazione per l'Unificazione nel Settore dell'Industria Chimica (Unichim). Metodo Ufficiale n. 2237:09: ambienti di Lavoro-Determinazione delle aldeidi aerodisperse. Metodo per microestrazione in fase solida (SPME). In: Analisi mediante gascromatografia accoppiata alla spettrometria di massa (GC-MS) 2009. 21pp. Italian.
2 Hirst DV, Gressel MG, Flanders WD. Short-term monitoring of formaldehyde: comparison of two direct-reading instruments to a laboratory-based method. J Occup Environ Hyg 2011;8:357-63.   DOI
3 Dugheri S, Bonari A, Pompilio I, Colpo M, Mucci N, Montalti M, Arcangeli G. Development of an innovative gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for assessment of formaldehyde in the workplace atmosphere. Acta Chrom 2017;29:511-4.   DOI
4 Bourdin D, Desauziers V. Development of SPME on-fiber derivatization for the sampling of formaldehyde and other carbonyl compounds in indoor air. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014;406:317-28.   DOI
5 Huynh CK, Vu-Duc T. Intermethod comparisons of active sampling procedures and analysis of aldehydes at environmental levels. Anal Bioanal Chem 2002;372:654-7.   DOI
6 Hafkenscheid TL, van Oosten JA. Results from interlaboratory comparisons of aldehyde-2,4 dinitrophenylhydrazone analysis. Anal Bioanal Chem 2002;372:658-63.   DOI
7 Park HD, Chung EK, Kim K. The Quality Control Program for industrial hygiene laboratories in Korea. Saf Health Work 2017;8:322-6.   DOI
8 Szulejko JE, Kim KH. Derivatization techniques for determination of carbonyls in air. Trends Anal Chem 2015;64:29-41.   DOI
9 The Market Reports. Global formaldehyde detectors market status and Trends researchreport 2017 [Internet]; 2017 Jun [cited 2017 2017 Aug 20].Available from: https://www.themarketreports.com/report/global-formaldehyde-detectorsmarket-status-and-trends-research-report-2017.
10 Nielsen GD, Larsen ST, Wolkoff P. Re evaluation of the WHO (2010) formaldehyde indoor air quality guideline for cancer risk assessment. Arch Toxicol 2017;91:35-61.   DOI
11 Merchant Research and Consulting Ltd. Formaldehyde: 2016 world market outlook and forecast up to 2020 [Internet]; 2017 Jan [cited 2017 Aug 20]. Available from: http://mcgroup.co.uk/researches/formaldehyde.
12 d'Ettorre G, Criscuolo M, Mazzotta M. Managing formaldehyde indoor pollution in anatomy pathology departments. Work 2017;56:397-402.   DOI
13 Hexion Inc. Global formaldehyde update [Internet]. In: Presentation in: EWPAA conference 2009 Nov 15-17. Australasia [cited 2017 Aug 20]. Available from: http://www.ewp.asn.au/library/presentations/2009/hexionchoh.pdf;2009 Nov 15-17.
14 Scarselli A, Corfiati M, Di Marzio D, Iavicoli S. National estimates of exposure to formaldehyde in italian workplaces. Ann Work Expo Health 2017;61:33-43.
15 Tang X, Bai Y, Duong A, Smith MT, Li L, Zhang L. Formaldehyde in China: Production, consumption, exposure levels, and health effects. Environment Int 2009;35:1210-24.   DOI
16 Higashikubo I, Miyauchi H, Yoshida S, Tanaka S, Matsuoka M, Arito H, Araki A, Shimizu H, Sakurai H. Assessment of workplace air concentrations of formaldehyde during and before working hours in medical facilities. Ind Health 2017;55:192-8.   DOI
17 Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA)-Deutsche Gesetzlich Unfallversicherung (DGUV). GESTIS substance database [Internet]; 2017 Mar [cited 2017 Aug 20]. Available from: http://www.dguv.de/ifa/gestis/gestis-stoffdatenbank/index-2.jsp.
18 American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). Annual reports for the year 2016: committees on threshold limit values and biological exposure indices; 2017. 24pp.
19 Markit IHS. Chemical economics handbook: formaldehyde [Internet]; 2015 Sep [cited 2017 Aug 20]. Available from: https://www.ihs.com/products/formaldehyde-chemical-economics-handbook.html.
20 Recommendations from the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits. Draft document for public consultation [Internet]; 2016 [cited 2017 Aug 20]. Available from: https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/d44aedf4-8-61-47b4-96c6-91a6ff3139f7/2015-11-16v11%20REC-125%20Formaldehyde%20stage%2040.20.pdf.