Study of health hazards in use of methanol-gasoline blends

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Chem. Technol. Fuels Oils (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:7145128

Kasparov, A A; Golovkova, N P; Shirokov, Yu G

The hygienic evaluation of mehanol for use as an additive to gasoline was performed under conditions of city driving of automotive vehicles operating on the blends MGB and BM 15-93 (the gasoline base stock had an octane number of 66). The workers handling MGB were examined for personality traits, emotional and volitional state, and anxiety level; also, certain features of psychic activity were evaluated (mental capability, attention, memory). The results show that a situation peceding the start of work with MGB was responsible for most of the freases in subjective indexes characterizing the emotion state, and the mobility and rate of occurence of psychic functions in comparison to background activity. The results indicate the possibility of using MGB to replace leaded and unleaded gasoline, since such replacement will reduce the environmental pollution by fuel combustion products, and the level of air pollution in the workplace will remain low.

• Research Organization: Academy of Medica Sciences
• OSTI ID: 7145128
• Journal Information: Chem. Technol. Fuels Oils (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 21:11-12
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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