Nanoparticle exposure and hazard in the ceramic industry: an overview of potential sources, toxicity and health effects
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Nanoparticle exposure and hazard in the ceramic industry: an overview of potential sources, toxicity and health effectsAuthor (s)
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2020-05Publisher
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BESSA, Maria João; BRANDÃO, Fátima; VIANA, Mar; GOMES, João F.; MONFORT, Eliseo; CASSEE, Flemming R.; FRAGA, Sónia; TEIXEIRA, João Paulo (2020). Nanoparticle exposure and hazard in the ceramic industry: an overview of potential sources, toxicity and health effects. Environmental Research, v. 184,Type
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The ceramic industry is an industrial sector of great impact in the global economy that has been
benefitting from advances in materials and processing technologies. Ceramic manufacturing has
a strong potential for ... [+]
The ceramic industry is an industrial sector of great impact in the global economy that has been
benefitting from advances in materials and processing technologies. Ceramic manufacturing has
a strong potential for airborne particle formation and emission, namely of ultrafine particles (UFP)
and nanoparticles (NP), meaning that workers of those industries are risk of potential exposure to
these particles. At present, little is known on the impact of engineered nanoparticles (ENP) on the
environment and human health and no established Occupational Exposure Limits (OEL) or
specific regulations to airborne nanoparticles (ANP) exposure exist raising concerns about the
possible consequences of such exposure. In this paper, we provide an overview of the current
knowledge on occupational exposure to NP in the ceramic industry and their impact on human
health. Possible sources and exposure scenarios, a summary of the existing methods for evaluation
and monitoring of ANP in the workplace environment and proposed Nano Reference Values
(NRV) for different classes of NP are presented. Case studies on occupational exposure to ANP
generated at different stages of the ceramic manufacturing process are described. Finally, the
toxicological potential of intentional and unintentional ANP that have been identified in the
ceramic industry workplace environment is discussed based on the existing evidence from in vitro
and in vivo inhalation toxicity studies. [-]
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Supported by 1) the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the ERA-NET SIINN project CERASAFE (SIINN/0004/2014); 2) FCT PhD scholarships (SFRH/BD/120 646/2016 and SFRH/BD/101 060/2014) under the framework of Programa Operacional Capital Humano (POCH) and European Union funding.Rights
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