The effect of cotton grade, variety, and growing location on the dust generated in a model card room.

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• Personal Author:
  Batra SK ; Fornes RE ; Hersh SP ; Hobby CK
• Description:
  The effect of cotton grade, variety and growing location on dust generated in a model card room was studied. Cotton included in this analysis was grown in 13 states consisting of 10 varieties and 5 grades. Data was evaluated by determining whether any deviations in the amount of dust emitted by individual bales from that of the average measured on all bales of the same grade of cotton could be attributed to growing location or variety. A total of 140 bales were processed in 305 runs; two bales of each item were processed and examined on 2 consecutive days. Cotton grown in the Eastern United States produced less dust in the card room, and cotton grown in the arid areas of the West produced more dust than the average. Factors affecting the amount of dust emitted included harvesting time, steaming of cotton and growing of the same variety of cotton in the same field 2 years in succession. The authors conclude that several uncontrollable and overriding factors obscured the attempt at determining whether cotton grade, growing location and genetic variety affect the levels of dust emitted during the processing of cotton. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Chromosomes Confined Spaces Dust Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Analytical-methods Chromosome-disorders Confined-spaces Cotton-dust NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Research
• ISSN:
  0040-5175
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00101467
• Citation:
  Tex Res J 1980 Jan; 50(9):531-540
• Contact Point Address:
  Textile Materials & Management North Carolina State Univ Post Office Box 5006 Raleigh, N C 27607
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Performing Organization:
  North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19771101
• Source Full Name:
  Textile Research Journal
• End Date:
  19820930
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c2b5c3ec537597b1438564fcf0c0c4123599a87a9891e34afd81d1790731a341fcbb59b807b0d3c511dcf51c1810cd4f71fa20cf8941ab607050a100859d34b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184370/cdc_184370_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 708.09 KB ]