Quartz dustiness: A key factor in controlling exposure to crystalline silica in the workplace
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Other documents of the author: López Lilao, Ana; Escrig, Alberto; Orts Tarí, María José; Mallol Gasch, Gustavo; Monfort, Eliseo
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Quartz dustiness: A key factor in controlling exposure to crystalline silica in the workplaceAuthor (s)
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LÓPEZ LILAO, Ana; ESCRIG, Alberto; ORTS TARÍ, María José; MALLOL GASCH, Gustavo; MONFORT GIMENO, Eliseo. Quartz dustiness: A key factor in controlling exposure to crystalline silica in the workplace. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (2016), v. 13, issue 11, pp. 817-828Type
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The classification of Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) as carcinogenic for humans has drawn greater attention to crystalline silica exposure in the workplace in recent years, leading to recommendations by safety ... [+]
The classification of Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) as carcinogenic for humans has drawn greater attention to crystalline silica exposure in the workplace in recent years, leading to recommendations by safety and health bodies in Europe and the U.S. for lower occupational exposure limits. In view of this new scenario, the present study examined quartz dustiness, as quartz handling is a major source of crystalline silica in the workplace. The study was conducted on test samples with different mean particle sizes, prepared from several commercial quartzes. The quartz particle samples were characterised and the influence of certain quartz particle parameters on quartz dustiness was determined.
The results indicate that quartz dustiness may be significantly affected by mean particle size, specific surface area, the Hausner ratio, and fine particle content. The study shows that, in order to minimise the adverse health effects associated with the inhalation of crystalline silica, quartz dustiness may be deemed a key factor in controlling the generation of fugitive quartz emissions during quartz processing, both into the outside atmosphere (air pollution) and inside the facilities [-]
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