ASSESSING THE EXPOSURE TO INORGANIC LEAD AND CADMIUM WITHIN A FACTORY OF NONFERROUS METALLURGY
Abstract:
Evaluating the exposure to heavy metals by personal and workplace monitoring, within a nonferrous metallurgy factory has shown a higher level of lead and cadmium pollution in the departments: agglomeration, furnace, electrolysis, and refinery. There has also been shown the presence of other heavy metals with values that exceed the accepted limits. The presence of several heavy metals at the same workplace raises for discussion the possibility of their interaction, the cumulative effect, as well as the side effects upon the health of employees.
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