Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-86-035-2224: Nabisco Brands, Inc.; Seville, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Bernard, Bruce P. ; Burr, Gregory A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 880, an investigation was begun of possible airway irritation symptoms among workers exposed to the artificial food sweetener aspartame (22839470) at Nabisco Brands, Inc. (SIC-2099) in Seville, Ohio. Aspartame had been used as a food additive in sugar free products since 1983 at this facility. A series of on-site surveys was conducted to evaluate work practices, assess employee exposures to airborne dusts, and conduct a medical evaluation. Results of the personal breathing zone air samples ranged from nondetectable to 301 micrograms/cubic meter (microg/m3). Area air samples ranged from nondetectable to 83microg/m3. No relationship was found between airborne aspartame exposure and respiratory symptoms or changes in peak expiratory flow rates. No relationship was found between reported symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, or chest tightness recorded at the time of peak flow measurements and the presence of aspartame. No dose response relationship was found for respiratory symptoms recorded during peak expiratory flow rates and exposure to aspartame. The authors conclude that there was no evidence for any occupationally related lower respiratory disorder at this facility. The authors recommend that improvements be made to local exhaust ventilation in several areas of the facility, and also recommend implementation of a respiratory protection program.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Asthma Asthma, Occupational Dust Food-Processing Industry Food Additives Lung Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Airborne-dusts Aspartame Food-additives Food-processing-industry Food Preparations, Not Elsewhere Classified Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-86-035-2224 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational Asthma OSHA Region 5 Pulmonary Function Tests RAST Testing Respiratory-system-disorders Work-related Asthma

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA860352224
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  59 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Albrecht, William ; Stephenson, Richard L. ; Mouradian, Robert F. ; Kinnes, Gregory M. ; Barsan, Michael E. ; Lushniak, Boris D. ; Coleman, Marian ; Collins, Jim ; Bernstein, David I. ; Neumeister, Charles E. ; Jou-Fang Deng ; Hales, Thomas R. ; Sinks, Thomas
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00209049
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-229079
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 86-035-2224, 1992 May ; :1-57
• CAS Registry Number:
  Aspartame (CAS RN 22839-47-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2099 - Food preparations, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:667918cd366422ea4a91b3c293d4a891e044766fedaca2af9765198947633210a96fac10d70c61247b18dc5dbb90bffe3f43f276c6cfa1c16aa613d5aab25dd9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171559/cdc_171559_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 2.04 MB ]