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Balázs Ádám , Zhiwei Zhao, Jørgen Riis Jepsen Centre of Maritime Health and Society

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE FROM FUMIGATED CONTAINERS New chemical health hazards in transportation and warehousing of cargo due to the process of globalization. Balázs Ádám , Zhiwei Zhao, Jørgen Riis Jepsen Centre of Maritime Health and Society University of Southern Denmark jriis@cmss.sdu.dk.

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Balázs Ádám , Zhiwei Zhao, Jørgen Riis Jepsen Centre of Maritime Health and Society

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  1. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE FROM FUMIGATED CONTAINERSNew chemical health hazards in transportation and warehousing of cargo due to the process of globalization BalázsÁdám, Zhiwei Zhao, Jørgen Riis Jepsen Centre of Maritime Health and Society University of Southern Denmark jriis@cmss.sdu.dk

  2. CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND HEALTH EFFECTS • Few studies, mostly in Germany • 70% of containers contaminated above limit value • only 3.6% labelled • No exposure/risk assessment in Denmark • No clear practice for administration and risk management (Denmark/China) Source • Fumigation • Chemicals released form the goods and packaging material Chemicals • Methyl bromide • Ethylene dichloride • Methylene chloride • Phosphine • Benzene • Toluene • Formaldehyde Symptoms • Headache, dizziness • Airway irritation • Skin irritation • Weakness, fatigue • Nausea • Abdominal symptoms • Central nervous system Diseases • Acute intoxication • Respiratory disease • Mental disorder • Liver, kidney disease • Cancer

  3. OBJECTIVES • Review of regulation and practices of container handling (Denmark), and exporting countries (China) • Establishment of international collaboration (Universities of Hamburg, Dalian, Aarhus, and Southern Denmark) • Assessment of the occupational health risks caused by chemical exposures from freight containers • Workshop in Esbjerg 17-18 October, 2013: Occupational exposure from fumigated containers. Information:badam@sdu.dk

  4. PLANS: Provision of data on the • types of chemicals that expose workers • frequency and level of exposure • potential exposure and effect biomarkers for early detection of chemical exposure, preferably long-term cumulative exposure • valuesof biological indices in exposed vs.non-exposed • toxicokinetic characterisation of the relationship between the environmental dose and the level of identified biomarkers • prevalence of adverse health effects in the exposed group vs. the non-exposed group • dose-response relationship • detailed risk assessment of exposures • risk management recommendations

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