Preprocessing cotton to prevent byssinosis.

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• Personal Author:
  Baucom D ; Byrd H ; Germino VH ; Hamilton JD ; Kilburn KH ; Lumsden JC ; Lynn WS ; Merchant, James A.
• Description:
  Sixteen workers in a cotton textile mill, suffering from reduction in respiratory function with exposure to cotton dust, are exposed to raw cottons and cottons preprocessed by heating, washing, and steaming to determine the effect of cleaning or deactivating the cotton on the prevention of byssinosis. Autoclaving cotton is the most successful treatment, reducing symptoms such as chest tightness and/or dyspnea, forced expiratory volume, and mean dust levels. Regressions calculated from raw and high capacity steaming trails indicate that at low dust levels steamed cotton dust is about 50% as biologically active as raw cotton dust. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Humidity Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Autoclaves Control-methods Dust-control Dust-sampling Heat-treatment NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Pulmonary-function-tests Pulmonary-system-disorders Steam Textiles-industry

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• ISSN:
  0007-1072
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  237-247
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00024388
• Citation:
  Br J Ind Med 1973 Jul; 30(3):237-247
• Contact Point Address:
  Medicine University of Missouri N424 Medical Center Columbia, MO 65201
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Performing Organization:
  University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19730601
• Source Full Name:
  British Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  19800331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:caab49fb1e9439a011058d642bbfe3e2fced68c7b1864d7fbd9a027855c6b6a4b8b234d5401351c7f6958a6c378da927047568e3decc2df9b08ff3601d3330d4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183890/cdc_183890_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.52 MB ]