Improvements in protective measures in factories with acetylene hydrochlorination and ethylene oxychlorination techniques declined risk assessment levels and affected liver health status

• Main Authors: Yiwen Dong (Author), Xingang Wang (Author), Weijiang Hu (Author), Hongying Bian (Author), Xin Wang (Author), Ning Kang (Author), Feng Han (Author), Siyu Zhang (Author), Meng Ye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acetylene hydrochlorination and ethylene oxychlorination are the two most common methods of producing vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), which has been linked to liver impairment, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and angiosarcoma of the liver (ASL) in occupational settings. However, whether and how these...