Advances In Environmental Control Technology: Health And Toxicology (advances In Environmental Control Technology)

HEALTH and TOXICOLOGY m/«A^ Advances in Environmental Control Technology Series ENCYCLOPEDIA Ol^ ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY Volume 1: Thermal Treatment of Hazardous Wastes Volume 2: Air Pollution Control Volume 3: Wastewater Treatment Technology Volume 4: Hazardous Waste Containment and Treatment Volume 5: Waste Minimization and Recycling Volume 6: Pollution Reduction and Contaminant Control Volume 7: High-Hazard Pollutants Volume 8: Work Area Hazards Volume 9: Geotechnical Applications • Leak Detection • Treatment Options ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY Storage Tanks Ecological Issues and Environmental Impact Assessment Health and Toxicology Gulf Publishing Company Houston, Texas HEALTH and TOXICOLOGY Advances in Environmental Control Technology Series Paul N. Cheremisinoff, Editor Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, Associate Editor in collaboration M. Bacis P. Beggs F. Y. Bois M. Charretton P. Chiang B. Cole P. Curson P. Dingle J. W. Dobrowolski J. L. Domingo T. Driscoll I. Ebihara L. Gerhardsson L. Giusti M. Hirata N. Hisanaga P. Hrelia J. Indulski Y. Ishikawa A. Karjalainen A. Leclerc P. Leghissa with— J. Leigh K. P. Li D. Luce W. Lutz M. A. McGeehin G. Mosconi A. Oskarsson J. S. Reif K. Sakai C. Sala E. Shibata D.T.H.M. Sijm A. Sisko S. Skerfving R. Song M. A. Subramanian J. Tolls A. Trevisan G. Varadaraj R. Vincent S. C. Yang S. P. Yang HEALTH and TOXICOLOGY Advances in Environmental Control Technology Series Copyright © 1997 by Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher. Gulf Publishing Company Book Division P.O. Box 2608 D Houston, Texas 77252-2608 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Health and toxicology / Paul N. Cheremisinoff, editor ; in collaboration with M. Bacis . . . [et al.]. V. <> ; p. cm. — (Advances in environmental control technology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-88415-386-X (alk. paper) 1. Environmental toxicology. I. Cheremisinoff, Paul N. II. Bacis, M. III. Series. RA1226.H43 1997 615.9'02—dc21 96-40506 CIP ISBN 0-87201-238-7 (Series) Printed on Acid-Free Paper (oo) IV CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS VOLUME vii (For a note about the editor, please see page x) PREFACE 1. Environmental Risk Factors on Cancer and Their Primary Prevention I W. Dobrowolski 2. Respiratory Function Changes from Inhalation of Polluted Air Shieh-Ching Yang and Sze-Piao Yang xi 1 47 3. Biological Markers of Early Health Effects in the Assessment of the Risk of Cancer in People Exposed to Environmental Carcinogens .. 53 JanuszA, Indulski and Waldemar Lutz 4. Sick Building Syndrome Peter Dingle 67 5. Respiratory Findings of Construction Workers Exposed to Asbestos Dust 93 Isamu Ebihara, Mamoru Hirata, Naomi Hisanaga, Eiji Shibata and Kiyoshi Sakai 6. Asbestos Exposure and the Risk of Lung Cancer in Urban Populations Anti Karjalainen andAnttila Sisko 127 7. Emphysema and Lung Mineral Content in Coalworkers J. Leigh, T. Driscoll, and B. Cole 137 8. Sinonasal Cancer and Wood Dust Exposure A. Leclerc and D. Luce 171 9. Chromium Accumulation of Chromate Workers' Bronchi Yuichi Ishikawa and Eiju Tsuchiya 191 10. Benzene Toxicokinetics in Humans Frederic Yves Bois 11. Fluorometry of Carcinogenic Polycyclic Arom