Underground emissions and miners' personal exposure to diesel and renewable diesel exhaust in a Swedish iron ore mine.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Underground diesel exhaust exposure is an occupational health risk. It is not known how recent intensified emission legislation and use of renewable fuels have reduced or altered occupational exposures. We characterized these effects on multipollutant personal exposure to diesel exhaust and underground ambient air concentrations in an underground iron ore mine.

Methods

Full-shift personal sampling (12 workers) of elemental carbon (EC), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and equivalent black carbon (eBC) was performed. The study used and validated eBC as an online proxy for occupational exposure to EC. Ambient air sampling of these pollutants and particle number size distribution and concentration were performed in the vicinity

SUBMITTER: Gren L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9273542 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature