Short communication, Note
Biomarkers of exposure to organic solvents from glues used in table tennis bats
Višnja Karačić
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Ljiljana Skender
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Edo Krušlin
; HOVAT Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Abstract
In nine samples of the glues used to glue rubber into the table tennis bats, benzene, toluene, xylene, trichloroethene (TRI) and tetrachloroethene (TETRA) were determined by head-space gas chromatography. The analyses demonstrated the presence of benzene (1.84.8% (w/w)), toluene (0.32-33.90% (wfw)) and TRI (0.0006-0.280% (w/w)) in seven samples and of toluene only (22.50-67.20% (w/w)) in two samples. Xylene and TETRA were not detected in any of the glue samples analysed. Benzene, toluene and TRI in blood, as a measure of body burden, were determined in four table tennis players (aged 11-14 years} and five volunteers (aged 26-38 years). They were at the same level as in the general population. The aim of the study was to draw attention to the possibility of exposure to organic solvents from glues used in table tennis bats, particulary as it is very often a question of child exposure.
Keywords
biological markers; general population exposure; organic solvents toxicity
Hrčak ID:
145316
URI
Publication date:
28.1.1996.
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