Railway accident with benzene release into the environment in 2025: estimation of health risks from available data

Key Points

• The aim is to estimate health risks associated with benzene exposure following a railway accident in 2025.
• Assessment of population exposure levels
• Evaluation of occupational exposure during remediation activities
• Biological monitoring of workers' benzene exposure
• Population exposure remained within acceptable limits
• Occupational exposure represented the dominant health risk
• Two workers were excluded from further work based on monitoring results

Abstract