Health effects of exposure to endotoxins and organic dust in poultry slaughter house workers ( Sweden, Hagmar et al., 1990)

• 23 dust exposed shacklers

  • before and after work pulmonary function tests
  • breathing zone levels of both total dust and endotoxins monitored during the whole shift.
  • Results
    • reduced pulmonary function total dust -- 6.3 mg/m3
    • endotoxins -- 0.4 micrograms/m3
    • airborne bacteria-- 400,000 to 1,000,000 CFU/m3

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