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| | Articles of Volume : 1 Issue : 35 ( 20, March - 2014) | | | | 79 | Retrospect and prospect of occupationally induced health hazards for plastic industry workers | | By : Anupa Yadav , Ashit Kumar Mukherjee | | Abstract : In 21st century imagination of life style is almost impossible without
utilization of plastic. Consumption of plastic products is increased day by day
because plastic goods are light in weight, durable, easy to handle and noncorrosive.
In the manufacturing of plastic products, Vinyl chloride monomer
and di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate are widely used, these are carcinogenic in
nature and also cause serious health hazards to the exposed workers.
Workforce, engaged in this kind of industries, is at high risk of exposure to
these carcinogenic/toxic pollutants. On the other hand, consumption of poly
vinyl chloride in India will increase up to 3.1 million metric tonne /year by
2016-17 .Scarcity of literature, on the combined effect of vinyl chloride
monomer and di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on human health, is an obstacle for
mitigation of the health hazards of workers engaged in plastic industries. In
conclusion, the knowledge gap needs to be bridged by undertaking
comprehensive study covering environmental and biological monitoring of
urinary metabolites of both vinyl chloride monomer and di(2-
ethylhexyl)phthalate in Indian context. | | | | Author Profile | Full-Text PDF |View Video | |
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