Introduction: Trichloroethylene (TCE) is an industrial solvent which is often used as a degreaser for metal parts. Due to adverse health effects and carcinogenic properties of this solvent, knowing its concentration in the workplace atmosphere is really crucial. Nowadays, carbon nanotubes with high efficiency are being used for sampling of this chemical. Method:</stron...

Trichloroethylene inhalation is a common industrial hazard that involves a risk of addiction. In the present case there was evidence of indulgence of addiction at work but not at home. The medical history suggested permanent paresis of the olfactory nerves in addition to intermittent gastric disturbance. Sudden death, not preceded by severe physical exertion, occurred some 17 hours after the la...

Cerebral blood flow has been measured in dogs using the method of Ingvar and Lassen (1962) in which flow is calculated from the rate of clearance from the exposed cerebral cortex of krypton 85 after its injection into the carotid artery. It was found that the addition of trichloroethylene in concentrations of 0.4-0.9 per cent to a nitrous oxideoxygen anaesthetic mixture did not alter the cerebr...

Forty-eight patients aged 2 to 18 years underwent surgery for the correction of convergent strabismus. Anaesthesia was maintained using nitrous oxide, oxygen and halothane in 24; the remainder received nitrous oxide, oxygen and trichloroethylene. Shed blood was collected on to cotton wool pledgets and the quantity calculated after lysis of the red cells with liberation of oxyhaemoglobin. The lo...

We read with interest the recent report by Wartenberg et al. (1) in which they described an “ad hoc system” and “meta-analysis–type approach” for evaluating the carcinogenicity of trichloroethylene (TCE). In particular, we are concerned that their methods may obscure rather than clarify the relationship between TCE and human cancer. Briefly, Wartenberg et al. (1) categorized studies on the basi...