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Field comparison of inhalable aerosol samplers applied in the European rubber manufacturing industry

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Author

  • Frank de Vocht
  • Daan Huizer
  • Maarten Prause
  • Kristina Jakobsson
  • Beata Peplonska
  • Kurt Straif
  • Hans Kromhout

Summary, in English

Several studies have been done in Europe to evaluate exposure to dust and fumes in the rubber industry. However, different aerosol sampling devices have been used which perform differently depending on the environmental conditions and particle size distribution. To compare measurements of rubber dust and fumes among countries and surveys we initiated a field comparison of personal inhalable samplers using a novel reference inhalable aerosol sampler (CALTOOL). Measurements were done in four factories in the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and Germany in the mixing and milling and curing department. The Seven-hole sampler, PAS-6 sampler, Millipore (25 and 37 mm) cassette, IOM sampler and a Polish sampler were mounted on the reference CALTOOL device and used simultaneously. All samplers except the IOM sampler under-sampled inhalable dust. To compare measurements from different studies and countries, correction factors should be applied to all but the IOM sampler, which was the only sampler that performed similar to the CALTOOL sampler.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

621-629

Publication/Series

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volume

79

Issue

8

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Environmental Health and Occupational Health

Keywords

  • CALTOOL
  • workplace
  • inhalable aerosols
  • field comparison
  • rubber industry

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1432-1246