Table 15 Benzo[a]pyrene concentration at various workplaces
From: Monitoring of environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a review
Workplace | Country | Benzo(a)piren (μg/m3) | References |
|---|---|---|---|
Coke plants | Poland | ||
Oven platforms—before modernisation | 99 (A), 112.3 (B), 112,4 (C) | ||
After modernisation | 25.8 1.3 2.3 | ||
Coke plants | Poland | Brzeźnicki (1995) | |
Coke charging man | 25,7; 3.3 | Braszczyńska (1989) | |
Coke guide man | 4,5 | ||
Coke-quenching man | 0,4 | ||
Coke man | 2,6; 1.7 | ||
Coke door man | 6,5; 25.6 | ||
Coke plants | Poland | Luks-Betlej and Bodzek (1992) | |
Battery | |||
Coke charging car | 2.72 | ||
Coke plants | Poland | Smolik (2001) | |
Battery top | 5.54 | ||
Battery side | 3.11 | ||
Battery bottom | 0.65 | ||
Coke plants | Poland | Braszczyńska et al. (1976) | |
Battery | |||
Coke charging system | 273.2 | ||
Coke plants | Sweden | Levin (1995) | |
Battery topa | 16 | ||
Battery topb | 4.0 | ||
Coal conveyerc | 2.6 | ||
Charging car | 12 | ||
Oven doorsa | 22 | ||
Oven doorsb | 1.9 | ||
Oven platforms | Sweden | 9.4–13.5 | Lindstedt and Sollenberg (1982) |
Driver of filling container | 4.7–17 | ||
Aluminum plants—various workplaces | Norway | 11.3–854 | Bjørseth et al. (1978) |
Coke plants | Finland | Pyy et al. (1997) | |
Gas worker | 1.0; 2.2d | ||
On the bridge of the larry car | 5.0 |