Source reduction for prevention of methylene chloride hazards cases from four industrial sectors 英文参考文献.docVIP

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source BioMedCentral Research Open Access Source reduction for prevention of methylene chloride hazards: cases from four industrial sectors Cora R Roelofs*1 and Michael J Ellenbecker2 Address: 1Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Smith 271, 44 Binney Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA and 2Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1 University Avenue, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA Email: Cora R Roelofs* - Cora_Roelofs@; Michael J Ellenbecker - Michael_Ellenbecker@ * Corresponding author Published: 21 July 2003 Received: 07 April 2003 Accepted: 21 July 2003 Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2003, 2:9 This article is available from: /content/2/1/9 ? 2003 Roelofs and Ellenbecker; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are per- mitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the articles original URL. Abstract Background: Source reduction, defined as chemical, equipment and process changes that intervene in an industrial process to eliminate or reduce hazards, has not figured as a front-line strategy for the protection of workers health. Such initiatives are popular for environmental protection, but their feasibility and effectiveness as an industrial hygiene approach have not been well described. Methods: We investigated four cases of source reduction as a hazard prevention strategy in Massachusetts companies that had used methylene chloride, an occupational carcinogen, for cleaning and adhesive thinning. Three cases were retrospective and one was prospective, where the researchers assisted with the source reduction process change. Data were collected using qualitative researc