An Occupational Trichloromethane-Induced Hepatotoxicity Outbreak — Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China, October 2024
This incident highlights effective occupational health response strategies through coordinated occupational health examinations, solvent composition verification, environmental monitoring, and corporate guidance. It also underscores the need for environmental agencies to incorporate trichloromethane-specific exposure limits into VOC regulations. Enterprises should strengthen management of their Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) departments.
Authors
- Haihua Bin
- Ye Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5351-8546)
- Wenting Feng
- Wenxiang Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5042-861X)
Institutions
- Shenzhen Occupational Disease Prevention Hospital (CN)
- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Wuhan Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases (CN)
- Shenzhen Bao'an District People's Hospital (CN)
- Shenzhen Baoan High School Group (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- China CDC Weekly
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.46234/ccdcw2025.156
- Primary Topic
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00