Exposure to organic vapors in footwear workers

Authors

  • Liliana Margarita Pérez Olmos Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO
  • Wilman Yesid Ardila Barbosa Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO
  • Hermes Ramón González Acevedo Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO
  • Jairo Enrique Mateus Sánchez Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO
  • Pedro Emilio Jaimes Delgado Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37467/revtechno.v11.4459

Keywords:

Threshold Limit Values -TLVs, Risk, MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet), Organic vapor monitors (OVM), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), Shoe manufacturing, Benzene, Chemical substances

Abstract

The footwear manufacturing process often exposes workers to toxic chemicals, such as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), for long periods of time, occupationally and environmentally, which can cause the appearance of malignant neoplasms in a wide variety of organs and tissues, such as lung cancer (asbestos-induced), bladder (by aniline dyes) and benzene leukemia as referred to by Esquiaqui et al. (2012); Zuluaga et al. (2009) y Partanen et al. (2009), becoming the objective of our study in footwear workers in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

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Published

2022-12-29

How to Cite

Pérez Olmos, L. M., Ardila Barbosa, W. Y., González Acevedo, H. R., Mateus Sánchez, J. E., & Jaimes Delgado, P. E. (2022). Exposure to organic vapors in footwear workers. TECHNO REVIEW. International Technology, Science and Society Review Revista Internacional De Tecnología, Ciencia Y Sociedad, 11(5), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.37467/revtechno.v11.4459