2. ENVIRONMENTAL ChEMISTRy & TEChNOLOGy 2.1. Lectures
2. ENVIRONMENTAL ChEMISTRy & TEChNOLOGy 2.1. Lectures
2. ENVIRONMENTAL ChEMISTRy & TEChNOLOGy 2.1. Lectures
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Chem. Listy, 102, s265–s1311 (2008) Environmental Chemistry & Technology<br />
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Assess the possible risks<br />
Take measures to eliminate or reduce the risks<br />
Effectiveness control of the preventive measures and<br />
their review<br />
A healthy work environment means the monitoring and<br />
maintenance of hygienic limits in the workplace, such as<br />
temperature, humidity of air, proper chemical composition,<br />
intensity of working process etc.<br />
University area with its laboratories is a special working<br />
environment. Students and other workers, who is working<br />
or studying in such laboratories, are exposed to many kinds<br />
of hazards. But the main difference is that laboratory work<br />
involves a greater variety of possible chemical hazards. There<br />
are many agents, which have flammable, explosive, toxic and<br />
other characteristics.<br />
Besides obvious risks, which can emerge during laboratory<br />
work, there are also non-evident ones, for example, air<br />
quality.<br />
Among different chemical agents, there is a group of the<br />
most used, such as organic solvents. Some of them could be<br />
very harmful for human’s health, but usually for assessing<br />
their affection it’simportant take into account their features,<br />
time of exposure and concentration during exposure.<br />
For this purpose the methodology of indoor air analysis<br />
is going to be developed, which is supposed to help in assessing<br />
possible occupational health risks, posed by quality of<br />
indoor air in chemical laboratories. The indoor air analysis is<br />
conducting by passive sampling with following GC with FID<br />
or GC-MS analysis on long-term conditions.<br />
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