Health of the Workers Exposed to Trichloroethylene

Identification of trichloroethylene and its metabolites in human seminal fluid of workers exposed to trichloroethylene.

We have investigated the potential of the male reproductive tract to accumulate trichloroethylene (TCE) and its metabolites, including chloral, trichloroethanol (TCOH), trichloroacetic acid (TCA), and dichloroacetic acid (DCA). Human seminal fluid and urine samples from eight mechanics diagnosed with clinical infertility and exposed to TCE occupationally were analyzed. In in vivo experimental s...

Health of workers exposed to electric fields.

The results of health questionnaire interviews with 390 electrical power transmission and distribution workers, together with long term estimates of their exposure to 50 Hz electric fields, and short term measurements of the actual exposure for 287 of them are reported. Twenty eight workers received measurable exposures, averaging about 30 kVm-1h over the two week measurement period. Estimated ...

Occupational health risks among trichloroethylene-exposed workers in a clock manufacturing factory.

Trichloroethylene (TCE) is an important volatile organic compound once widely used in industry throughout the world. Occupational exposure to TCE can cause a number of health hazards such as allergic reactions and genetic damage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate occupational exposure to TCE, by analysis of the air in the breathing zone and of urine from workers employed in a clock manu...

The phosphatases of peripheral white blood cells in workers exposed to trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene.

Behaviour of rats exposed to trichloroethylene

Silverman, A. P. and Williams, H. (1975). British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 32, 308-315. Behaviour of rats exposed to trichloroethylene vapour. Rats were exposed to trichloroethylene (TCE) vapour for about five five-day weeks at concentrations from 100 to 1 000 ppm, and at 100 ppm for 121 weeks. The social behaviour of paired male rats was observed periodically in the home cage for five m...