Environmental Exposure and Health Effects from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

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• Personal Author:
  Mitloehner FM ; Schenker BM
• Description:
  Modern concentrated animal feeding operations generate sizeable amounts of manure and related emissions into water and air. These present potential harm to human health. Adverse respiratory effects have been documented among workers in these feeding operations, but there has been little research on wider environmental effects. Few conclusions are possible at this time but recent studies (including a report in this issue of Epidemiology by Radon and colleagues) suggest possible adverse effects. Respiratory outcomes of greatest concern include nasal allergies, airflow obstruction and asthma. Another concern among residents near concentrated animal feeding operations is adverse effects from malodors. The potential impact of these operations on quality of life and health needs to be documented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Animals Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Irritants Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Animal-products-workers Cattle-industry Environmental-control Environmental-exposure Environmental-hazards Environmental-health Feeding-study Health-hazards Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders

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• ISSN:
  0014-0139
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  309-311
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032409
• Citation:
  Epidemiology 2007 May; 18(3):309-311
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Animal Science and Agricultural Air Quality Center; Department of Public Health Sciences and Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, University of California, Davis
• Email:
  mbschenker@ucdavis.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Epidemiology
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:461c739117f2e7dea1bb0d1b63db888ee1be719e8f0f120c8f5b59e737265fe12dbcc9cc55b30bb99497d1afb75f958cf797ec9f9f985640b0018e07afb20124
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186396/cdc_186396_DS1.pdf
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