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Ann. occup. Hyg., Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 183-185, 2004
© 2004 British Occupational Hygiene Society
Published by Oxford University Press

Editorial

Dermal Exposure to Chemicals

JOOP J. VAN HEMMEN*

TNO Chemistry, Department of Chemical Exposure Assessment, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands

Received 1 September 2003; in final form 4 November 2003

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If you drove in France on the so-called ‘Route du Soleil’ to the south last summer you might have noticed a sign indicating that there was no reason to drive fast, since the (Mediterranean) sea would not evaporate. This was indeed most unlikely to happen, even with the heatwave in Europe. Occupational dermal exposure to chemicals on the other hand is very likely to occur in many different situations and for all sorts of chemicals. Few people immerse themselves in chemicals as they do in the sea, but, as Mark Boeniger said in his editorial in our December issue, there are many cases of ill health from the sort of skin exposures that occur every day in the workplace (Boeniger, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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