Formaldehyde Exposure and Its Potential Health Risk in Some Beauty Salons in Kumasi Metropolis.

ABSTRACT: Cosmetologists may be potentially exposed to high levels of formaldehyde as a result of their exposure to formaldehyde released from the various cosmetic products used in the beauty salons. In order to assess the exposure of cosmetologists to formaldehyde, the indoor air in sixty beauty salons across the ten submetros in Kumasi were sampled to determine the formaldehyde levels and the associated noncarcinogenic human health risks. Sampling was done using System Service Innovation Incorporation air sampler model 1000i, and the MBTH spectrophotometric method was used for analysis. The mean levels of formaldehyde concentrations ranged from 88.67 to 170.67 µg/m³. Out of the sixty salons sampled, 36 salons had formaldehyde levels above the WHO permissible limit of 100 <

SUBMITTER: Asare-Donkor NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7661109 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature