Theatrical fog and work-related asthma in performers

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• Personal Author:
  Pechter E
• Description:
  This first issue of the Bulletin for 2003 provides highlights from recent news reports about work-related lung disease. An opera singer sued the San Francisco Opera Association and three manufacturers due to work-related asthma caused by theatrical fog. The San Francisco Chronicle reported (12/15/02) that the singer accused the defendants of negligence and fraud. After 17 years of performing, with repeated exposures to the dramatic theatrical fog, she fell ill during a performance in 1999. Another opera singer with the San Francisco Opera Association, Pamela Dale, was diagnosed with reactive airways disease after falling ill in 1998. Dale was one of three opera members who had filed workers' compensation claims. Both singers worry that their singing careers may be over. The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) released a new evidence-based statement about molds, October 27, 2002, entitled "Adverse Human Health Effects Associated with Molds in the Indoor Environment." The statement discusses the state of scientific knowledge regarding fungal-related illnesses in relationship to the indoor environment. This article provides a brief summary of the statement. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Air Pollution, Indoor Asthma Asthma, Occupational Environmental Health Food-Processing Industry Food Additives Fungi Glycols Hypersensitivity Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Aerosol-dispensers Aerosol-generators Allergic-reactions Allergies Bronchial-asthma Employee-exposure Entertainment-industry Entertainment-workers Food-additives Food-processing-workers Foodstuff Fungal-infections Health-care Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Lung-disease Lung-function Lung-irritants Molds Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Occupational-respiratory-disease Performing-artists Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Surveillance-programs Work-environment

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042696
• Citation:
  SENSOR Occup Lung Dis Bull 2003 Jan; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 250 Washington Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
• CAS Registry Number:
  Butanedione (CAS RN 431-03-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19880415
• Source Full Name:
  SENSOR Occupational Lung Disease Bulletin
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4a28e02f9fc418e78da8401187cefe6b6f8d7df47c821fcd83321c62439ed007313672a7a46e6b0cf582035c2222f27a514f606c6c978623b1e31a1b09349c32
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194835/cdc_194835_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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