TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR CHROMIUM - Davidborowski.com

CHROMIUM 1182. HEALTH EFFECTSIrritation and ulceration of the buccal cavity, as well as chrome holes on the skin, were also observed inworkers in a chrome plating plant where poor exhaust resulted in excessively high concentrations ofchromium trioxide fumes (Lieberman 1941). Electroplaters in Czechoslovakia exposed to an average of0.414 mg chromium(VI)/m 3 above the plating baths also had high incidences of buccal cavity changes,including chronic tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and papilloma (Hanslian et al. 1967). In a study of 303electroplating workers in Brazil, whose jobs involve working with cold chromium trioxide solutions,>50% had ulcerous scars on the hands, arms, and feet. Air monitoring revealed that most workers wereexposed to $0.1 mg chromium(VI)/m 3 , but even those exposed to