It was observed that the technicians working in dissection hall have complains of breathlessness. The occupational hazard of chronic exposure of formalin in hall was postulated. This led to the present study in which pulmonary function test were carried out in technicians working in anatomy and biochemistry laboratory. The pulmonary function test included were vital capacity and peak flow expiratory rate, carried out by Student Spiro meter and Wrights flow meter. The study revealed significant (p<.0001) decrease in vital capacity and peak expiratory flow rate of technicians working in gross anatomy laboratory, than technicians working in biochemistry laboratory.
