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Human biomonitoring programmes as a tool for exposure assessment

Presented in the framework of the COP2 meeting in Geneva.

B.04 Guest lecture

COBISS.SI-ID: 31889191

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Chemicals and a man

On the invitation of Slovenska matica the presentation was presented to general public.

B.04 Guest lecture

COBISS.SI-ID: 31991335

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Pristop k določitvi prizadenega kapitala v vzorčenjah segmentov za oceno dolgoročnega vpliva požara v podjetju Kemis d.o.o. na Vrhniki na zdravje ljudi

Purpose: The purpose was to prepare a plan to obtain data on the pollution of the various segments of the collapse caused by the fire at Kemis d.o.o. in Vrhnika, in order to assess the potential impacts on human health as a result of the fire on this basis. Methodology: In determining the affected area and sampling of environmental segments, we took into account: (1) WHO guidelines, (2) accessible data and expert facts, and (3) population messages. Results: The affected area ranged from Medvedje Brdo to the west, Smrečje in the north, Brezovica near Ljubljana in the north-west and Borovnica and Log atca in the south. In this area, 27 samples of soil from gardens and fields, 13 samples of vegetables, one sample of vegetation, 4 samples of sand from children's sandwiches, 5 samples of vodka and one sample of hen's eggs were collected in the area for analysis of the permanent pollution of the environment after fire. 34 sample sites. The withdrawn samples were later tested for parameters whose presence in the environment could result from a fire in a chemical plant. Discussion: The determination of the affected area and the planning of sampling of the environmental segments were prepared by taking into account all available data and know-how about the possible consequences of the fire. Sampling planning for monitoring the pollution of different segments of the environment after a fire in relation to effects on human health, including the designation of the affected area, includes certain disadvantages, which are partly due to the lack of data on which substances and in what quantities they burned in the fire, and partly the fact that the case demanded a quick, ad - hoc solution. The experience gained represents an important starting point for the preparation of a protocol for similar cases.

F.22 Improvement to existing health/diagnostic methods/procedures

COBISS.SI-ID: 4187109