Pulmonary Health Effects of Agriculture

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• Journal Article:
  Curr Opin Pulm Med
• Personal Author:
  Nordgren, Tara M. ; Bailey, Kristina L.
• Description:
  Purpose of review
  
  Occupational exposures in the agricultural industry are associated with numerous lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, lung cancer and interstitial lung diseases. Efforts are ongoing to ascertain contributing factors to these negative respiratory outcomes and improve monitoring of environmental factors leading to disease. In this review, recently published studies investigating the deleterious effects of occupational exposures in the agricultural industry are discussed.
  
  Recent findings
  
  Occupational exposures to numerous agricultural environment aerosols, including pesticides, fungi, and bacteria are associated with impaired respiratory function and disease. Increases in certain farming practices, including mushroom and greenhouse farming, present new occupational exposure concerns. Improved detection methods may provide opportunities to better monitor safe exposure levels to known lung irritants.
  
  Summary
  
  In the agricultural industry, occupational exposures to organic and inorganic aerosols lead to increased risk for lung disease amongst workers. Increased awareness of respiratory risks and improved monitoring of agricultural environments are necessary to limit pulmonary health risks to exposed populations.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Agriculture Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Agriculture; Occupational Exposures; Pulmonary Health Farm Workers; Agricultural Workers; Agriculture; Organic Dusts; Occupational Exposure; Lung Irritants; Lung Disease; Pulmonary Disorders; Aerosols;
• Source:
  Curr Opin Pulm Med. 22(2):144-149
• Pubmed ID:
  26761627
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4764055
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  F32 ES022913/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K08AA019503/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K08 AA019503/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 OH010162/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; F32ES022913/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  10 pdf pages
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065234
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5831c61b55e8541e7c0f87511816232a680a3b453d4b05412959b13d779f520826d0710363d6624853484b24b359b8a03ef490c41a68019b017112cd65ca3ebb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/113133/cdc_113133_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 115.34 KB ]