Skin tolerability of waterbased metalworking-fluids and their additives

Status:

ongoing

Aims:

The risk of skin diseases among employees exposed to metalworking fluids (MWF) is up to three times higher than for the general working population. The occurrence of irritation-related (irritant) contact eczema is observed particularly in occupations with contact to waterbased MWF (w-MWF).

The project seeks to determine the optimal method for identifying and classifying w-MWF with the highest irritation potential.

Activities/Methods:

• Development of standardized testing procedures using bioengineering methods
• Categorization and irritant ranking of the most frequently used w-MWF Further analysis and
• Characterization of w-MWF with the highest irritant potential in order to identify irritative additive mixes and components

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