Industrial processes, especially in beverage can manufacturing, can produce extremely harmful fumes, including a variety of chemical and acid fumes. When not properly captured, these fumes can pose significant health and safety risks to machine operators, workers, and sensitive processes in the facility. A critical step in can production is the application of internal lacquer or coatings that protect food or beverage products from the metal packaging. However, the spraying of both food-safe and external-only lacquers often generates fumes that can be irritating, harmful, or disruptive if not effectively extracted.

One particular concern is the presence of Bisphenol A (BPA) in many of these coatings, making effective fume extraction and filtration systems essential. In recent years, growing concerns about the health impacts of BPAs have highlighted their presence in consumer goods and their risk to operators working in beverage can manufacturing. Workers in these facilities can face prolonged exposure to lacquer fumes, often at levels vastly above the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI).

While the development of alternative coatings has emerged in response to BPA-related concerns, the long-term health implications of these new substances remain uncertain. As a result, many manufacturers have implemented comprehensive fume extraction systems to protect their workforce and ensure a safe manufacturing process, regardless of whether food-safe or external-only coatings are being used.