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Sidhu KS, Hesse JL, Bloomer AW. Indoor Air: Potential Health Risks Related to Residential Wood Smoke, as Determined under the Assumptions of the US EPA Risk Assessment Model. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/1420326x9300200204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Alarie Y, Iwasaki M, Schaper M. Whole-Body Plethysmography in Sedentary or Exercise Conditions to Determine Pulmonary Toxicity, Including Hypersensitivity Induced by Airborne Toxicants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.3109/10915819009078751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Yves Alarie
- The Toxicology Laboratory Department of Industrial Environmental Health Sciences Graduate, School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh Pitts burgh, PA 15261
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- The Toxicology Laboratory Department of Industrial Environmental Health Sciences Graduate, School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh Pitts burgh, PA 15261
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- The Toxicology Laboratory Department of Industrial Environmental Health Sciences Graduate, School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh Pitts burgh, PA 15261
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Godleski JJ, Rohr AC, Kang CM, Diaz EA, Ruiz PA, Koutrakis P. Toxicological evaluation of realistic emission source aerosols (TERESA): introduction and overview. Inhal Toxicol 2011; 23 Suppl 2:1-10. [PMID: 21639692 DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2010.568019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Determining the health impacts of sources and components of fine particulate matter (PM(2.5)) is an important scientific goal. PM(2.5) is a complex mixture of inorganic and organic constituents that are likely to differ in their potential to cause adverse health outcomes. The Toxicological Evaluation of Realistic Emissions of Source Aerosols (TERESA) study focused on two PM sources--coal-fired power plants and mobile sources--and sought to investigate the toxicological effects of exposure to emissions from these sources. The set of papers published here document the power plant experiments. TERESA attempted to delineate health effects of primary particles, secondary (aged) particles, and mixtures of these with common atmospheric constituents. TERESA involved withdrawal of emissions from the stacks of three coal-fired power plants in the United States. The emissions were aged and atmospherically transformed in a mobile laboratory simulating downwind power plant plume processing. Toxicological evaluations were carried out in laboratory rats exposed to different emission scenarios with extensive exposure characterization. The approach employed in TERESA was ambitious and innovative. Technical challenges included the development of stack sampling technology that prevented condensation of water vapor from the power plant exhaust during sampling and transfer, while minimizing losses of primary particles; development and optimization of a photochemical chamber to provide an aged aerosol for animal exposures; development and evaluation of a denuder system to remove excess gaseous components; and development of a mobile toxicology laboratory. This paper provides an overview of the conceptual framework, design, and methods employed in the study.
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- John J Godleski
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Ozturk N, Yargicoglu P, Derin N, Akpinar D, Agar A, Aslan M. Dose-dependent effect of nutritional sulfite intake on visual evoked potentials and lipid peroxidation. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2011; 33:244-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2010.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2010] [Revised: 09/16/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Arts JHE, Jacobs EJ, Kuper CF. Pre-exposure to sulfur dioxide attenuates most allergic reactions upon trimellitic anhydride challenge in sensitized Brown Norway rats. Inhal Toxicol 2010; 22:179-91. [DOI: 10.3109/08958370902828468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Heyder J, Beck-Speier I, Ferron GA, Josten M, Karg E, Kreyling WG, Lenz AG, Maier KL, Reitmeier P, Ruprecht L, Takenaka S, Wohland T, Ziesenis A, Schulz H. Long-term responses of canine lungs to acidic particles. Inhal Toxicol 2009; 21:920-32. [DOI: 10.1080/08958370802651994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mani U, Prasad AK, Suresh Kumar V, Lal K, Kanojia RK, Chaudhari BP, Murthy RC. Effect of fly ash inhalation on biochemical and histomorphological changes in rat liver. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2007; 68:126-33. [PMID: 17166587 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2005] [Revised: 09/11/2006] [Accepted: 10/21/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The effect of fly ash inhalation (4h daily, 5 days a week) for 28 days on the deposition of metal ions and histopathological changes in the liver and serum clinical enzymes has been studied. The results showed an increase in the concentration of metals such as cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), and lead (Pb) in the tissues of exposed rats. The level of metals varied from metal to metal and from organ to organ. Level of serum enzymes such as serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase, serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase, and alkaline phosphatase were increased in fly ash exposed rats using whole body inhalation exposure as compared to sham controls. Histopathological studies of rat liver exposed to fly ash revealed infiltration of mononuclear cells in and around the portal triads, which seems to be laden with fly ash particles. Hepatocytes showed necrotic changes such as pyknotic nuclei, karyorrhexis, and karyolytic. These changes were more towards the centrolobular areas than the midzonal and periportal areas. These findings demonstrate that the toxic metals of inhaled fly ash in rats may get translocated into extrapulmonary organs, become deposited and hence may manifest their toxic effects on different tissues.
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- U Mani
- Inhalation Toxicology Laboratory, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, PO Box 80, M. G. Marg, Lucknow 226 001, India.
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Arts JHE, de Heer C, Woutersen RA. Local effects in the respiratory tract: relevance of subjectively measured irritation for setting occupational exposure limits. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2005; 79:283-98. [PMID: 16283365 DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0044-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2005] [Accepted: 09/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Chemosensory effects of stimulation by a chemical can either be irritating (trigeminal stimulation) or odorous (olfactory stimulation) or both. For odorous irritants, a clear-cut distinction between odour and irritation is difficult to make. The differences in the lowest concentration found to be irritating to the respiratory tract in humans when compared to experimental animals has brought much debate in the process of setting occupational exposure limits (OELs) for such chemicals. In this paper it will be discussed as to how far subjectively measured sensory irritation threshold levels can be used to establish OELs. METHODS Data on respiratory irritation of four odorous irritants were retrieved from public literature and discussed, viz. acetone, formaldehyde, furfural and sulphur dioxide. RESULTS Objective measures of irritation yielded results that differed from subjective evaluations. Important factors modulating the reported levels of irritation and health symptoms include the perception of odour intensity, exposure history and the individual's bias to report irritation on the basis of his/her prejudice or knowledge of the compound. CONCLUSIONS Subjective measures alone are less appropriate for establishing sensory irritation thresholds of odorous irritants and are, therefore, less suitable to establish OELs without supporting evidence. Objectively measured irritation in humans, the Alarie assay (an experimental animal test assessing the concentration that results in a 50% reduction of the breathing frequency) and repeated exposure studies in animals may be of help to study objective irritation. If subjective measurements are used to study sensory irritation, the study design should at least include: measurement of both incidence and severity determined at several concentrations, an appropriate (0 ppm) control condition, preferably a non-irritant odorant control exposure, validated questionnaires and correct concentration measurements.
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- Josje H E Arts
- TNO Quality of Life, P.O. Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands.
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Michaud JP, Krupitsky D, Grove JS, Anderson BS. Volcano Related Atmospheric Toxicants in Hilo and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: Implications for Human Health. Neurotoxicology 2005; 26:555-63. [PMID: 16112321 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2004.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2004] [Accepted: 12/06/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Volcanic fog (vog) from Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii includes a variety of chemical species including sulfur compounds and traces of metals such as mercury. The metal species seen tended to be in the nanograms per cubic meter range, whereas oxides of sulfur: SO2 and SO3 and sulfate aerosols, were in the range of micrograms per cubic meter and rarely even as high as a few milligrams per cubic meter of air (nominally ppb to ppm). These sulfur species are being investigated for associations with both acute and chronic changes in human health status. The sulfate aerosols tend to be less than 1 microm in diameter and tend to dominate the mass of this submicron size mode. The sulfur chemistry is dynamic, changing composition from predominantly sulfur dioxide and trioxide gasses near the volcano, to predominantly sulfate aerosols on the west side of the island. Time, concentration and composition characteristics of submicron aerosols and sulfur dioxide are described with respect to the related on-going health studies and public health management concerns. Exposures to sulfur dioxide and particulate matter equal to or less than 1 microm in size were almost always below the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). These standards do not however consider the acidic nature and submicron size of the aerosol, nor the possibility of the aerosol and the sulfur dioxide interacting in their toxicity. Time series plots, histograms and descriptive statistics of hourly averages give the reader a sense of some of the exposures observed.
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- Jon-Pierre Michaud
- Chemistry, Natural Sciences Division, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200 West Kawili Street W18, Hilo, HI 96720, USA.
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Vianna MIP, Santana VS, Loomis D. Occupational exposures to acid mists and gases and ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa. Am J Ind Med 2004; 45:238-45. [PMID: 14991850 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study examines the hypothesis that acid mist or mixtures of acid mists and acid gases are associated with ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa. METHODS All 665 active male workers of a metal processing factory were the study population. Semi-quantitative measures of exposure were estimated from a job exposure matrix constructed with industrial hygienist scoring and job titles. Ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa were identified with standardized clinical dental exams. RESULTS Past exposure to acid mists were positively associated with ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa but only among workers without lip sealing (age- and alcohol consumption-adjusted prevalence ratio (PR), PR(adjusted) = 3.40; 90% CI: 1.48-7.85). Also in this worker group, the mixture of acid mists and acid gases was associated with ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa limited to exposure in the past (PR(adjusted) = 2.83; 90% CI: 1.12-7.17). CONCLUSIONS There is a positive association between acid mist or mixtures of acid mists and acid gases and ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa only in the absence of lip sealing. The evidence of a chronic rather than acute irritative process suggests a possible step on the etiology of oral malignancies, which needs investigation.
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Takenaka S, Godleski JJ, Heini A, Karg E, Kreyling WG, Ritter B, Schulz H, Ziesenis A, Heyder J. Health effects of sulfur-related environmental air pollution. V. Lung structure. Inhal Toxicol 1999; 11:439-54. [PMID: 10380178 DOI: 10.1080/089583799197087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The lungs of 8 male beagle dogs were examined morphologically and morphometrically after exposure for 13 mo to a respirable sulfur(IV) aerosol at a mass concentration of 1.53 mg m(-3) (16.5 h/day), and to an acidic sulfate aerosol carrying 15.2 micromol m(-3) hydrogen ions into the lungs (6 h/day). An additional eight dogs served as unexposed controls. Standard morphometric analyses of both the surface epithelia of the conducting airways and the alveolar region were performed. These analyses showed no difference between the exposure group and control group. However, there was a tendency to an increase in the volume density of bronchial glands in the exposure group. Five of eight exposed animals showed thickened ridges (knob-like structures) at the entrance to alveoli in the alveolar duct and alveolar sac. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the thickening was mainly due to type II cell proliferation. As the previous experiment using sulfite aerosol only showed no alterations in the proximal alveolar regions, the changes observed may be considered as effects of acidic sulfate aerosol alone or in combination with sulfite. These findings suggest that sulfur aerosols have the potential to induce epithelial alterations in the proximal alveolar region, which is a primary target for air pollutants.
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- S Takenaka
- GSF-Institute for Inhalation Biology, PO Box 1129, D-85758 Neuherberg, Germany.
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Fiore M, Petruzzi S, Dell'Omo G, Alleva E. Prenatal sulfur dioxide exposure induces changes in the behavior of adult male mice during agonistic encounters. Neurotoxicol Teratol 1998; 20:543-8. [PMID: 9761593 DOI: 10.1016/s0892-0362(98)00003-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is one of the most important pollutants of the western countries, responsible for several cardiopulmonary diseases in humans. SO2 affects both young and adult people, causing low work productivity with social and economical costs extremely high for the communities. To test whether or not SO2 produces changes in social and/or agonistic behavior of laboratory animals, outbred CD-1 male mice were prenatally exposed to different SO2 concentrations (0, 5, 12, or 30 ppm) up to pregnancy day 14. At adulthood, following a 4-week isolation period, they underwent an aggressive encounter with CD-1 male opponents of the same age, body weight, and isolation condition (single 20-min session). The levels of several responses such as tail rattling, freezing, and defensive postures were reduced by the treatment, particularly during the initial period of the agonistic encounter, whereas offensive and attack behaviors were not significantly modified. In addition, rearing and social investigation increased. Overall, the present results indicate that prenatal SO2 exposure can alter mouse social/agonistic behavior, apparently acting on the approach phase toward the opponent and suggestive of changes in the animals' capability to cope with threatening dangerous situations.
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- M Fiore
- Institute of Neurobiology, CNR, Rome, Italy.
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Swenberg JA, Beauchamp RO. A review of the chronic toxicity, carcinogenicity, and possible mechanisms of action of inorganic acid mists in animals. Crit Rev Toxicol 1997; 27:253-9. [PMID: 9189654 DOI: 10.3109/10408449709089894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Occupational exposure to inorganic acid mists containing sulfuric acid has been associated with increased laryngeal cancer. The primary objective of this review was to compile the literature regarding chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity of inorganic acid mists in laboratory animals. Several chronic toxicity studies had exposures of 1 year or longer. Whereas numbers of animals were limited, no evidence of neoplastic or preneoplastic lesions was reported. Two studies evaluated the carcinogenicity of inorganic acid mists in rats; however, one was limited by a short duration of exposure and the other did not achieve a maximum tolerated dose. A large lifetime study in hamsters evaluated the carcinogenicity of 100 mg/M3 sulfuric acid mist, as well as its ability to act as a promoter or co-carcinogen for benzo(a)pyrene. No evidence of carcinogenic potential was shown. Although an increase in papillomas was noted in the benzo(a)pyrene + H2SO4 group, the co-carcinogenic or promoting potential was considered equivocal. Thus, no evidence from experimental animals strongly supports or refutes the induction of cancer by inorganic acid mists. A possible mechanism that could be associated with inorganic acid mist carcinogenicity relates to the genetic consequences of lowering the pH. Reduced pH can induce chromosomal aberrations, enhance depurination, and deamination of cytidine in DNA. This mechanism has not been evaluated in tissues of the respiratory tract.
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- J A Swenberg
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7400, USA
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Last JA, Pinkerton KE. Chronic exposure of rats to ozone and sulfuric acid aerosol: biochemical and structural responses. Toxicology 1997; 116:133-46. [PMID: 9020514 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(96)03535-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Groups of rats were exposed to either 0.12 or 0.20 ppm of ozone, 20, 100, or 150 ppm of sulfuric acid aerosol (0.4-0.8 microm diameter), or their mixtures in whole body exposure chambers for up to 90 days. Matched control animals were exposed to filtered air in comparable chambers. The rats were examined biochemically and morphometrically for centriacinar fibrosis or other indicators of pollutant-induced changes in the terminal bronchiole-alveolar duct junction region of the lung at the end of the exposures. By evaluating different markers of lung injury, we had previously demonstrated a synergistic interaction between ozone and sulfuric acid aerosol after acute exposures to these same concentrations of the pollutants. The present experiments were designed to answer the question of whether there was any interaction between ozone and respirable sized aerosols of sulfuric acid, synergistic or antagonistic, after chronic exposures. Exposure of rats to 0.12 or 0.20 ppm of ozone elicited tissue and cellular changes at the bronchiole-alveolar duct junction. Concurrent exposure to sulfuric acid aerosol did not affect the extent or magnitude of these changes. Intermittent exposure (12 h per day) to ozone, with or without the acid aerosol, elicited a greater response than did continuous exposure (24 h per day). No consistent effects of exposure to sulfuric acid aerosol alone were observed, either morphometrically or biochemically. The biochemical data were consistent with the morphometric analyses, showing trends towards or significantly increased lung 4-hydroxyproline content in the rats exposed to ozone, with or without sulfuric acid aerosol, in the intermittent exposure experiment, but not after continuous exposure. No interactive effects between ozone and sulfuric acid aerosol were observed with any of the biochemical parameters examined. We conclude that ozone and sulfuric acid aerosols do not exhibit synergistic interactions after chronic exposures (90 days) of rats to the concentrations tested in this study, which correspond to concentrations showing synergistic interactions in previously performed acute studies. We also observed that exposure of rats to ozone for 12 h per day elicited greater lung changes, which we interpret to indicate a mild fibrotic response, than did exposure of rats for 24 h per day, whether or not there was accompanying exposure to the acid aerosol.
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- J A Last
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine and Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Health, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
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References. Clin Exp Allergy 1995. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1995.tb00047.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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This article presents a summary of the proceedings of the Workshop on the Health Effects of HCl in Ambient Air, held in Detroit, Michigan, on October 15, 1990. Participants addressed three topic areas: sources, levels, and chemistry of HCl in ambient air; toxicity of atmospheric HCI to humans and animals; and the need for future research on toxicity and exposure. Consensus conclusions related to each of these topic areas, arising form the deliberations of the workshop participants, are presented. These include: (1) atmospheric HCl will most commonly exist in the gaseous form; (2) long-range transport of HCl is probably of limited importance; (3) ambient HCI levels are in the low parts per billion range; (4) irritation of the upper airways appears to be the most sensitive indicator of exposure; (5) such effects are likely to occur only at exposure levels much greater than those measured in ambient air; and (6) future health research should focus on occupationally exposed populations and potentially sensitive subgroups, e.g., asthmatics.
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- M A Kamrin
- Institute for Environmental Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
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Detels R, Tashkin DP, Sayre JW, Rokaw SN, Massey FJ, Coulson AH, Wegman DH. The UCLA population studies of CORD: X. A cohort study of changes in respiratory function associated with chronic exposure to SOx, NOx, and hydrocarbons. Am J Public Health 1991; 81:350-9. [PMID: 1994744 PMCID: PMC1405012 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.81.3.350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Two never-smoking cohorts in Southern California, one in Lancaster (N = 2340) exposed only to moderate levels of oxidants and the other in Long Beach (N = 1326) exposed to high levels of SOx, NO2, hydrocarbons and particulates completed spirometry and the single-breath nitrogen test five to six years apart. Forty-seven percent and 45 percent of the participants were retested. Mean results at baseline for those tested and not retested were similar. Loss to follow-up was primarily due to moving (39 percent and 47 percent). Every difference of consequence indicated greater deterioration in lung function in Long Beach. The level of significance of the difference was greatest, even in the youngest age groups, for delta N2(750-1250), suggesting that the earliest site of impairment may occur in the small airways. Greater deterioration in spirometric parameters was observed in every age group in Long Beach females above seven years of age at baseline and in Long Beach males above 15 years of age, suggesting that chronic exposure to the pollutant mix occurring in Long Beach ultimately adversely affects the large airways as well as small airways.
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- R Detels
- School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1772
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Chen LC, Lam HF, Kim EJ, Guty J, Amdur MO. Pulmonary effects of ultrafine coal fly ash inhaled by guinea pigs. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1990; 29:169-84. [PMID: 2299692 DOI: 10.1080/15287399009531381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Guinea pigs were exposed to ultrafine coal fly ash produced in a laboratory furnace. The average mass median aerodynamic diameter and the average mass concentration of Illinois no. 6 fly ash produced in all exposure conditions were 0.21 microns and 5.8 mg/m3, respectively. In guinea pigs exposed to Illinois no. 6 fly ash, total lung capacity (TLC), vital capacity (VC), and diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLco) were significantly reduced below the control values immediately, 2 h, and 8 h postexposure. The diffusing capacity was still 10% below the control 96 h after exposure. The total sulfate in the Illinois no. 6 fly ash as determined using ion chromatography is 1105 +/- 120 micrograms/m3. Animals exposed to the Montana lignite fly ash at comparable concentration and particle size did not show alteration in diffusing capacity. The data suggest that part of the sulfate present in the fly ash of Illinois no. 6 could be in the form of sulfuric acid and is responsible for the adverse effects observed in the exposed animals. The sulfuric acid in the fly ash of Montana lignite is neutralized by its high alkali content and produces no change in lung functions.
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- L C Chen
- Department of Applied Biological Sciences Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
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Chauhan SS, Singh SK, Misra UK. Induction of pulmonary and hepatic cytochrome P-450 species by coal fly ash inhalation in rats. Toxicology 1989; 56:95-105. [PMID: 2728010 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(89)90215-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The effect of fly ash inhalation on xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes and heme metabolism in lung and liver has been studied in rats. Fly ash inhalation induced pulmonary and hepatic cytochrome P-450 content, aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase and glutathione S-transferase activity. Induction of cytochrome P-450 was accompanied by induction of delta-amino levulinic acid synthetase in lung and inhibition of heme oxygenase in both lung and liver. Fly ash inhalation induced those species of cytochrome P-450 which closely resembled cytochrome P-448 in spectral properties and electrophoretic mobility.
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- S S Chauhan
- Department of Biochemistry, V.P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi, India
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- J R Withey
- Environmental Health Centre, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
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Soskolne CL, Pagano G, Cipollaro M, Beaumont JJ, Giordano GG. Epidemiologic and toxicologic evidence for chronic health effects and the underlying biologic mechanisms involved in sub-lethal exposures to acidic pollutants. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1989; 44:180-91. [PMID: 2665665 DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1989.9935884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Since the 1880s, a disparate and extensive literature has evolved examining the biologic effects of acidification on cells. More recently, effects on the health of human and other species of acidic agents contained, for example, in pollutants have been suggested, particularly relating to long-term exposures. This paper provides a review of the epidemiologic and toxicologic evidence concerning health effects--particularly carcinogenicity--attributable to sub-lethal acid exposure. Underlying biologic mechanisms that explain adverse health outcomes include pH modulation of toxicity for a number of xenobiotics (including carcinogens, genotoxins, and teratogens), and low-pH-induced changes of cells involving, for example, alterations in mitotic and enzyme regulation. More focused research is recommended to test the relationship between long-term exposures to acidic agents (with a consequent lowered cellular pH) and various health effects.
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- C L Soskolne
- Department of Health Services Administration and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Morris DL, Connor TH, Harper JB, Ward JB, Legator MS. Genotoxic effects of fly ash in bacteria, mammalian cells and animals. TERATOGENESIS, CARCINOGENESIS, AND MUTAGENESIS 1989; 9:297-314. [PMID: 2575291 DOI: 10.1002/tcm.1770090505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The increasing use of fossil fuels has raised concerns about possible deleterious health effects of the final combustion product, fly ash. Seven ash samples from coal sources obtained from Battelle Columbus Laboratories were evaluated in the Salmonella/mammalian microsome mutagenicity assay to determine their mutagenic potential. While dimethyl sulfoxide extracts of five samples showed no mutagenicity, sample 102 caused an increase in the number of revertants per plate over controls in TA100 and TA98 with activation by liver homogenate (2-fold and 2.4-fold, respectively), and without (2-fold and 6-fold). This ash was thus evaluated in whole animal studies. Animals treated by inhalation or oral gavage were assayed for the presence of mutagens in the urine, micronuclei in polychromatic erythrocytes, and chromosomal aberrations in metaphase bone marrow cells. Those animals treated by inhalation were also examined for local damage in the lung. The assay for mutagens in the urine was negative as shown by the Ames assay with TA100 and TA98 and there was no increase in micronuclei or in metaphase aberrations. Histological sections from the animals treated by inhalation did not show the presence of particles, macrophage infiltrations and generalized lung damage. We tested the same fly ash with an in vitro cell transformation assay with the cell line Balb/c 3T3 subclone A31-1-13. Although there was not an increase in Type III foci, there was a dose-dependent increase of Type II foci in the treated cells over the controls. In one assay, there was approximately a 14-fold increase in Type II foci in the highest dose (2 mg/ml) compared to the solvent control. One other ash sample induced cell transformation without being markedly cytotoxic, while a third sample was highly toxic but did not induce transformation.
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- D L Morris
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550
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Goyer RA, Bachmann J, Clarkson TW, Ferris BG, Graham J, Mushak P, Perl DP, Rall DP, Schlesinger R, Sharpe W. Potential human health effects of acid rain: report of a workshop. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 1985; 60:355-68. [PMID: 3896772 PMCID: PMC1568541 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8560355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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This report summarizes the potential impact of the acid precipitation phenomenon on human health. There are two major components to this phenomenon: the predepositional phase, during which there is direct human exposure to acidic substances from ambient air, and the post-depositional phase, in which the deposition of acid materials on water and soil results in the mobilization, transport, and even chemical transformation of toxic metals. Acidification increases bioconversion of mercury to methylmercury, which accumulates in fish, increasing the risk to toxicity in people who eat fish. Increase in water and soil content of lead and cadmium increases human exposure to these metals which become additive to other sources presently under regulatory control. The potential adverse health effects of increased human exposure to aluminum is not known at the present time.
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Gamble J, Jones W, Hancock J, Meckstroth RL. Epidemiological-environmental study of lead acid battery workers. III. Chronic effects of sulfuric acid on the respiratory system and teeth. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 1984; 35:30-52. [PMID: 6386452 DOI: 10.1016/0013-9351(84)90112-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The effects of long-term exposure to sulfuric acid mist on the teeth and respiratory system were studied in 248 workers in five plants manufacturing lead acid batteries. The prevalence of cough, phlegm, dyspnea, and wheezing as determined by questionnaire were not associated with estimates of cumulative acid exposure. There was only one case of irregular opacities seen on the chest radiographs. There was no statistically significant association of reduced FEV1, peak flow, FEF50, and FEF75 with acid exposure although the higher exposed group had lower mean values. FVC in the high exposure group showed a statistically significant reduction compared to the low exposure group, but there was no significant association when exposure was analyzed as a continuous variable. The ratio of observed to expected prevalence of teeth etching and erosion was about four times greater in the high acid-exposure group. The earliest case of etching occurred after 4 months exposure to an estimated average exposure of 0.23 mg/m3 sulfuric acid.
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Srivastava PK, Chaudhary VK, Chauhan SS, Srivastava VK, Misra UK. Biochemical and pathological effects of fly ash on lung, liver, and blood of rats. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 1984; 13:441-452. [PMID: 6465953 DOI: 10.1007/bf01056260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Raub JA, Miller FJ, Graham JA, Gardner DE, O'Neil JJ. Pulmonary function in normal and elastase-treated hamsters exposed to a complex mixture of olefin-ozone-sulfur dioxide reaction products. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 1983; 31:302-310. [PMID: 6554201 DOI: 10.1016/0013-9351(83)90008-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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An elastase-induced emphysema model was utilized to determine if hamsters with preexisting lung disease were more susceptible to lung damage from air pollutant exposure. Male golden hamsters, divided into two treatment groups, were given a single intratracheal injection of either 6 units of porcine pancreatic elastase (EMP) or buffer (CNT). After a 4-week recovery period, equal numbers of each group were exposed 23 hr/day X 28 day to filtered air (AIR) or to the complex by-products from a dark phase reaction mixture of trans-2-butene, ozone, and sulfur dioxide (MIX). Lung function measurements on the elastase-treated groups showed changes consistent with mild emphysema. There were no significant differences in lung volumes or lung compliance between the AIR- and MIX-exposed animals. However, the nitrogen washout slope decreased (P less than 0.05), and the diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide increased (P less than 0.05) in both the CNT and EMP hamsters exposed to the MIX. The change in diffusing capacity was greater (P less than 0.05) in normal hamsters than in hamsters with emphysema, and it is hypothesized that animals with impaired lung function had a decreased ability to respond to a pulmonary insult from the mix.
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Azoulay-Dupuis E, Bouley G, Blayo MC. Effects of sulfur dioxide on resistance to bacterial infection in mice. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 1982; 29:312-319. [PMID: 7160350 DOI: 10.1016/0013-9351(82)90033-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Kerr HD, Kulle TJ, Farrell BP, Sauder LR, Young JL, Swift DL, Borushok RM. Effects of sulfuric acid aerosol on pulmonary function in human subjects: an environmental chamber study. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 1981; 26:42-50. [PMID: 7297533 DOI: 10.1016/0013-9351(81)90182-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Silbaugh SA, Mauderly JL, Macken CA. Effects of sulfuric acid and nitrogen dioxide on airway responsiveness of the guinea pig. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1981; 8:31-45. [PMID: 7328711 DOI: 10.1080/15287398109530048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Hartley guinea pigs were exposed for 1 h to either NO2 gas of H2SO4 aerosol and examined for changes in airway responsiveness to inhaled histamine. Concentrations ranged from 7 to 146 ppm NO2 and 4 to 40 mg/m3 H2SO4. One group of animals exposed to filtered air served as controls. Histamine challenges were performed on unanesthetized animals 2 h before pollutant or air exposure (baseline) and 10 min and 2 and 19 h after exposure. No2-exposed animals had increased histamine sensitivities 10 min after exposure, and the magnitude of the increase was directly dependent on the NO2 concentration. Most of the NO2-exposed animals demonstrated a dramatic return toward baseline values by 2 h after exposure; however, several animals had not returned to baseline by 19 h after exposure. Some animals exposed to H2SO4 developed severe labored breathing during exposure, and major increases in histamine sensitivity were observed only in those animals. These results suggest that both No2 and H2SO4 alter airway sensitivity to histamine, but apparently by different mechanisms. Changes produced by NO2 exposures appeared primarily concentration-dependent, while changes produced by H2SO4 exposures appeared related to dyspnea developed during exposure.
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Calabrese E, Sacco C, Moore G, DiNardi S. Sulfite oxidase deficiency: a high risk factor in SO2, sulfite, and bisulfite toxicity? Med Hypotheses 1981; 7:133-45. [PMID: 7219240 DOI: 10.1016/0306-9877(81)90110-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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It has been hypothesized that sulfite oxidase deficient persons may be at increased risk to toxicity from SO2 and dietary sulfites widely used for food preservation. Sulfite oxidase is believed to be responsible for the detoxification of SO2 and/or sulfite to sulfate for excretion. Human and animal studies have shown that S-sulfonates, believed to transport sulfite in the blood, are formed in response to exposure to low levels of SO2. Besides its numerous toxic effects, e.g. respiratory impairment, interference with immunological response and oxygen transport and platelet aggregation inhibition, SO2 has the ability to alter DNA during replication causing T . A transitions, chromosome abnormalities and depression of DNA synthesis.
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Dasgupta PK, Lundquist GL, West PW. Specific determination of aerosol sulfuric acid in the presence of ammonium sulfate. A laboratory study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1979. [DOI: 10.1016/0004-6981(79)90267-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cavender FL, Singh B, Cockrell BY. Effects in rats and guinea pigs of six-month exposures to sulfuric acid mist, ozone, and their combination. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1978; 4:845-52. [PMID: 731731 DOI: 10.1080/15287397809529705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Rats and guinea pigs were exposed to 0.5 ppm O3, 10 mg/m3 sulfuric acid (H2SO4) mist, or their combination for 6 h/d, 5 d/wk for 6 mo. Microscopic alterations were seen in the lungs of guinea pigs exposed to O3 alone or in combination with H2SO4 mist. No other microscopic lesions were present in either rats or guinea pigs. No biologically meaningful synergistic effects were noted in animals exposed to the combination of O3 and H2SO4 mist.
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Drew RT, Patel JM, Lin FN. Changes in serum enzymes in rats after inhalation of organic solvents singly and in combination. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1978; 45:809-19. [PMID: 214898 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(78)90172-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Oxidation of sulfur dioxide by oxygen and ozone in aqueous solution: A kinetic study with significance to atmospheric rate processes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1978. [DOI: 10.1016/0004-6981(78)90308-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cavender FL, Steinhagen WH, Ulrich CE, Busey WM, Cockrell BY, Haseman JK, Hogan MD, Drew RT. Effects in rats and guinea pigs of short-term exposures to sulfuric acid mist, ozone, and their combination. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1977; 3:521-33. [PMID: 926204 DOI: 10.1080/15287397709529584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Ozone and the oxides of sulfur are common environmental pollutants. The acute pulmonary lesions caused by ozone and sulfuric acid mist in rats and guinea pigs have been characterized. Rats are not affected by sulfuric acid mist in concentrations up to 100 mg/m3 except for reduced body weight at the higher doses. A true alveolitis develops in guinea pigs exposed to more than 20 mg/m3 sulfuric acid mist. The ozone lesion is primarily confined to the terminal bronchioles and proximal alveoli. In combination studies with up to 2 ppm ozone and up to 10 mg/m3 sulfuric acid mist, the pulmonary lesion and lung/body weight data were essentially the same as in exposure to ozone alone, and the number of statistically significant synergistic effects in rats and guinea pigs was about what one would expect to observe by chance alone.
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Cavender FL, Williams JL, Steinhagen WH, Woods D. Thermodynamics and toxicity of sulfuric acid mists. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1977; 2:1147-59. [PMID: 864786 DOI: 10.1080/15287397709529513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The hygroscopic nature of sulfuric acid mist has not been totally appreciated in previous toxicological work. Sulfuric acid mist, by adsorption or desorption of water, equilibrates rapidly with the relative humidity of its environment. The measured particle diameters of a given sulfuric acid mist will increase in size as the particles adsorb water on entering the respiratory tract. For a dry climate of 5% relative humidity, sulfuric acid mist particles will triple in size in the respiratory tract. At 60% relative humidity, particles will double in size, while particles in humid regions will increase very little. In the respiratory tract, the particles will deposit according to their size at 98% relative humidity. In order to compare toxicity data for sulfuric acid mist, relative humidity must be carefully recorded throughout the experimental procedure.
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Larson TV, Harrison H. Acidic sulfate aerosols: Formation from heterogeneous oxidation by O3 in clouds. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1977. [DOI: 10.1016/0004-6981(77)90088-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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