Occupational Diseases and Illnesses among Workers in Paint Industry in Pathumthani Thailand

Abstract

Over the past several decades, around the world, Thailand has seen tremendous growth in key industries such as tourism, healthcare, petrochemicals, and oil. More than four million people worldwide are exposed to different chemicals due to different industries. Volatile organic compounds, in particular, are one of the important chemicals in the oil and paint industry. Volatile substances are present in workplaces and urban areas in varying concentrations. The compounds of Pb with Cr (chromium), Mo (molybdenum) Cl (chlor) have been extensively used as “chrome” pigments. PbCrO4 compound is used extensively in the paint industry to obtain the yellow-chrome colour, Pb (OH) 2⋅2PbCO3 is used to obtain white tin colour, while Pb3O4 is used to obtain red tin colour.