Table 4
Urine concentration of organic compounds measured at the beginning and at the end of the shifts of MWI workers and control subjects
| Substances | French BEI | Incinerators | Plant 1 | Plant 2 | Control site | Plant 1 v control | Plant 2 v control | Plant 1 v plant 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS, beginning of the shift; ES, end of the shift. | ||||||||||
| *(NS), no significant difference in urine concentration between the beginning and the end of the shift. | ||||||||||
| 1-HP | BS | M ± SD (n) | – | – | 0.16 ± 0.31 (14) | 0.14 ± 0.17 (17) | – | NS | – | |
| μg/g creat | m; range | – | – | 0.06; 0.02–1.20 | 0.07; 0.02–0.62 | |||||
| ES | M ± SD (n) | 0.09 ± 0.07 (14) | 0.14 ± 0.20 (17) | – | – | |||||
| m; range | 0.06; 0.02–0.25 (NS)* | 0.07; 0.01–0.73 (NS)* | NS | |||||||
| TMA | BS | M ± SD (n) | – | – | 0.05 ± 0.06 (14) | 0.04 ± 0.03 (17) | ||||
| mg/g creat | 5 mg/l | m; range | – | – | 0.04; 0.01–0.16 | 0.02; 0.01–0.14 | – | NS | NS | |
| ES | M ± SD (n) | 0.06 ± 0.06 (14) | 0.05 ± 0.03 (17) | |||||||
| m; range | 0.05; 0.02–0.2 (NS)* | 0.03; 0.01–0.18 (NS)* | – | NS | NS | |||||
| OC | BS | M ± SD (n) | 54.8 ± 63.6 (29) | 58.0 ± 79.4 (15) | 51.5 ± 45.4 (14) | 33.3 ± 17.4 (17) | ||||
| μg/g creat | m; range | 25.8; 8.6–278.8 | 25.5; 12.95–278.8 | 26.9; 8.6–138.9 | 27.7; 17.6–88.24 | NS | NS | NS | ||
| ES | M ± SD (n) | 82.4 ± 168.5 (29) | 111.8 ± 227.2 (15) | 51.0 ± 59.2 (14) | 33.6 ± 25.6 (17) | |||||
| m; range | 22.9; 7.3–882.2 (NS)* | 24.5; 7.3–882.2 (NS)* | 18.2; 10.6–184 (NS)* | 25; 11.8–119 (NS)* | NS | NS | NS | |||
| MHA | BS | M ± SD (n) | 7.8 ± 8.5 (29) | 8.4 ± 9.02 (15) | 7.2 ± 8.3 (14) | 6.7 ± 5.3 (17) | ||||
| mg/g creat | 1.5 g/g creat | m; range | 3.9; 1.1–28.3 | 3.9; 1.1–28.3 | 3.9; 1.7–27.8 | 4.8; 1.8–21.8 | NS | NS | NS | |
| ES | M ± SD (n) | 7.4 ± 9.4 (29) | 8.8 ± 11.0 (15) | 5.9 ± 7.3 (14) | 5.6 ± 5.1 (17) | |||||
| m; range | 3.7; 1.5–37.3 (NS)* | 3.9; 1.5–37.3 (NS)* | 3.4; 2.1–30.2 (NS)* | 3.9; 1.7–23.8 (NS)* | NS | NS | NS | |||
