A recent study demonstrates that inhalation of airborne particulate from Mount Etna eruptions may induce fibrotic lung disease. The occupational exposure of construction workers from the Etna area, who excavate building sites and use basalt dust to make mortar, has never been assessed.
Professional exposure to basaltic rock dust: assessment by the Vibrio fischeri ecotoxicological test / Ledda, Caterina; Rapisarda, VENERANDO ANTONIO; Bracci, Massimo; Proietti, Lidia; Zuccarello, Matteo; Fallico, Roberto; Fiore, Maria; Ferrante, Margherita. - In: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY. - ISSN 1745-6673. - 8:(2013), p. 23. [10.1186/1745-6673-8-23]
Professional exposure to basaltic rock dust: assessment by the Vibrio fischeri ecotoxicological test
RAPISARDA, VENERANDO ANTONIO;BRACCI, MASSIMO;
2013-01-01
Abstract
A recent study demonstrates that inhalation of airborne particulate from Mount Etna eruptions may induce fibrotic lung disease. The occupational exposure of construction workers from the Etna area, who excavate building sites and use basalt dust to make mortar, has never been assessed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
