Toxic encephalopathy, vision loss, and memory disorder caused by acute acrylamide exposure.

Acrylamide (ACR) is an irritant that can cause damage to the eyes, skin, and nervous and reproductive systems. This study aims to illustrate a case of central nervous system and optic nerve damage from exposure to ACR. In this case, a 49-year-old male material handler was accidentally splashed with ACR solution on both of his upper limbs.

A gold nanocarrier and DNA-metal ligation-based sensing ensemble for fluorescent assay of thiol-containing amino acids and peptides.

By engineering a gold nanoparticle and thymine-Hg(2+)-thymine-based hairpin DNA probe, a gold nanocarrier-based strategy for in vitro detection and live-cell imaging of thiol-containing amino acids/peptides was proposed.

[Analysis of urine cadmium and blood cadmium of workers before and after the cadmium dust control].

Objective: To analyze the urinary cadmium, blood cadmium and urinary beta2-MG of workers in a zinc powder processing plant before and after the cadmium dust control, and to explore the effects of dust control on the prevention and treatment of cadmium hazards.

Methods: The on-site occupational hazard survey was used to investigate the changes of urine cadmium, blood cadmium and beta3-MG of 84 workers exposed to cadmium before and after the treatment by self-control analysis for evaluating the effects of dust control measures in a zinc powder processing plant.

Results: After treatment of the cadmium dust, the geometric mean of zinc dust in the workplace significantly decreased from 3.