Allergic contact dermatitis from resin hardeners during the manufacture of thermosetting coating paints |
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Authors: | I S Foulds and D Koh |
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Institution: | Institute of Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, UK. |
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Abstract: | 5 production operators from 2 factories manufacturing thermosetting coating paint developed work-related skin disorders within 12 months of the introduction of a new powdered paint product. All 5 workers were found to have allergic contact dermatitis from 2 epoxy resin hardeners, both of which were commercial preparations of triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC). 2 of the workers had concomitant sensitization to epoxy resin in the standard series and several of the epoxy resin preparations at the workplace. TGIC has been reported as a contact sensitizer both in persons producing the chemical and among end-users of TGIC-containing products. These 5 reported cases document allergic contact dermatitis from commercial TGIC among exposed workers during an intermediate process of powdered paint manufacture. The possibility of substituting this epoxy resin hardener with less sensitizing alternatives should be explored. |
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Keywords: | epoxy resin hardener triglyeidyl isoeyanurate TGIC thermosetting powdered paints occupational allergic contact dermatitis prevention allergen replacement |
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