13:30 - 16:00, International Conference Hall
Plenary Session 2
Environmental Exposure, Crisis Preparedness and Risk Communication
Chairs: Mari Christine and Oshima Sumiko
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Yuji Natori1, Naoki Toyama2, Akihiko Kataoka3, Kiyoshi Sakai4, Shinji Kumagai5 Takasi Nakano (Hyogo Medical University, Hyogo)
1Hirano-Kameido Himawari Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
2Tokyo Occupational Safety and Health Center, Tokyo
3Kansai Occupational Safety and Health Center, Osaka
4Nagoya City Public Health Research Institute , Nagoya
5Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka
ABSTRACT:
70 years male, was admitted to the hospital due to rt. pleural effusion (hyaluronic acid : 596mg/L) in 2002. Pathology specimen by thoracoscopy showed malignant mesothelioma, epithelial type < calretinin(+) , AE1/AE3(+), EMA(+), CEA(-), BerEP4(-) >.He was born in rural area near Osaka city and had no family and environmental asbestos exposure. He had worked as a farmer from 1949 to 1951, as a weaver of wire netting company from 1951 to1966, as a waiter at coffee shop from 1966 to 1969, and as a manager of the stationery store from 1969 to 2002.He had no direct occupational asbestos exposure. There are sprayed asbestos (crocidolite ) at walls of 2nd floor where he had used as a warehouse of the stationery store. He have stayed at 2nd floor to deliver and take out and arrange goods for 1hours everyday and cleaned the floor once a month. The measurement of asbestos revealed 1.02-4.2f/L(2nd floor at rest) ,14.0f/L(delivery of goods),136.5f/L(cleaning), 0.34-1.13f/L(1st floor),ND(atmosphere out of stores).Minimum Limit of Determination is 0.15-0.4f/L.. His malignant mesothelioma was due to working at the stationary store with sprayed asbestos.