Human biomonitoring

Human biomonitoring

It has long been known that certain chemicals are toxic to humans. Obviously they can only exert this toxic effect insofar as they are absorbed in the body. Scientific advances have made it possible to detect minute quantities of man-made chemicals in complex media...
Exposure of asphalt workers to bitumen fumes

Exposure of asphalt workers to bitumen fumes

Bitumen is a product with a long history of use as construction material in a wide variety of applications, such as road paving. Under normal ambient conditions bitumens are solid and do not present health or environmental hazards. However, most bitumen applications...