Factory workers, targeting

The only occupational health observation in humans was of contact dermatitis in factory workers handling butter yellow. The target organs for toxicity are skin, liver, and bladder. Potential symptoms of overexposure are enlarged liver, hepatic and renal dysfunction, contact dermatitis, coughing, wheezing, difficulty in breathing, bloody sputum, bronchial secretions, frequent urination, hematuria, and dysuria. 

The potential for a broader set of objects to be considered to be military objectives, in comparison to a narrower category of persons, is reflected in the general effort following World War II to cease the consideration of factory workers being legitimate targets as a form of quasi-combatant. These workers are civilians and... 

Bertoncin D, Russolo A, Caroldi S, et al Neuropathy target esterase in human lymphocytes. Arch Environ Health 40 139-144, 1985 Bhatnagar VK, Saigal S, Singh SP, et al Survey amongst workers in pesticide factories. Toxicol Lett 10 129-132, 1982... 

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