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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | What Do Safety Data Sheets for Artificial Stone Products Tell Us About Composition? A Comparative Analysis with Physicochemical Data |
Author: | Kumarasamy, C. Pisaniello, D. Gaskin, S. Hall, T. |
Citation: | Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 2022; 66(7):937-945 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
ISSN: | 2398-7308 2398-7316 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Chellan Kumarasamy, Dino Pisaniello, Sharyn Gaskin, and Tony Hall |
Abstract: | Artifcial stone (AS) is a composite material that has seen widespread use in construction, particularly for kitchen benchtops. However, fabrication processes with AS have been associated with serious lung disease. Safety data sheets (SDSs) aim to provide important information pertaining to composition and health risks. In the case of a complex mixture, SDSs may be problematic in terms of specifc information on overall health risks. To assess this issue, we compared empirically determined mineral, metallic, and organic resin content of 25 individual AS products across six suppliers, with the corresponding SDS information. X-ray diffraction was used to quantitate the mineralogical components of AS samples, and X-ray fuorescence was used to estimate the metallic components. Organic material (resin content) was estimated using weight loss during calcination. Although the resin content for all AS samples was within the SDS-reported ranges, there was considerable variability in the crystalline silica content when comparing with supplier’s SDS. Potentially toxicologically relevant metallic and mineral constituents were not reported. Some supplier SDSs were found to provide more information than others. Only one of the six suppliers provided crystalline mineral content other than silica, and only two suppliers provided any information about metals. There remains a limited understanding of lung pathogenesis from AS, and this study highlights the need for more comprehensive and standardized SDS information for risk assessment and management. |
Keywords: | artificial stone composite stone engineered stone health risk manufactured stone safety data sheet SDS toxicity |
Rights: | © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Occupational Hygiene Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
DOI: | 10.1093/annweh/wxac020 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxac020 |
Appears in Collections: | Public Health publications |
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