Overview of historical formaldehyde occupational exposure in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Formaldehyde is a known human carcinogen related to leukemia and nasopharyngeal cancer. As China is the world's largest producer and consumer of formaldehyde, occupational exposure to formaldehyde may pose potential health risks to workers. We aimed to describe occupational exposure to formaldehyde over time in China.

Methods

Occupational formaldehyde exposure measurements were extracted from Chinese and English scientific publications as well as routine occupational hazard monitoring datasets. A weighted mean concentration was calculated by occupation and industry.

Results

We extracted over 20,447 individual measurements from 73 industries and 70 occupations during 1979 to 2023 across China. The majority of measurements (19%) were from the industry "Manufa

SUBMITTER: Nie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12550362 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature