Exposure to Chemical Substances Within Household Waste Incineration Plants

Evaluation of the Exposure to Chemical Substances of Some of the Employees Working in a Household Waste Incineration Plant

Employees of household waste incineration plants (UIOM) are exposed to multiple chemical substances that can pose a risk to their health.

The studies carried out find increases in certain toxic chemicals (heavy metals, dioxins), in the biological fluids of employees (blood, urine), in particular before the 2000s Another study conducted by Tait finds potential organic alterations.The investigators wish to complete the dissertation work with, in particular, an analysis of the quantitative elements of the exposure assessment (metrologies and biometrologies)

The aim of the study is to evaluate the recorded chemical exposures of certain employees of a household waste incineration plant (UIOM) in order to deduce the risk to their health.

Inclusion criteria:

• Major subject (≥18 years old)
• Subject currently working, or having worked in the Strasbourg waste incineration plant between 01/01/2013 and 01/09/2022 within the maintenance or operating team
• Subject not objecting, after being informed, to the reuse of their data for the purposes of this research
• Subject in whom one or more biometrologies (blood lead level measurement, urinary cadmium level measurement, urinary 1-hydroxypyrene level measurement) were performed

Exclusion criteria:

-Subject who expressed their opposition to participating in the study