Introduction: Washing Cotton to Remove Potential Health Effects.

Wakelyn PJ

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Introduction: Washing Cotton to Remove Potential Health Effects.

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1986/10/01
By Wakelyn PJ

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Personal Author:

Wakelyn PJ
Description:

This introduction to the research on washed cotton discussed the importance of cotton as an agricultural commodity in the US, health problems related to the inhalation of cotton related dust, the control of cotton dust, the possible use of washed cotton, and the Industry/Government/Union Task Force for Byssinosis Prevention. Other topics included the reasons why washed cotton studies were undertaken, US cotton dust standards, etiology and pathogenesis of byssinosis, a general description of cotton, the chemical composition of cotton fiber, and fiber classification and characterization, recommendations of the Tripartite Task Force for the definition of washed cotton, cotton plant parts, and compounds found in cotton plant trash. [Description provided by NIOSH]
Subjects:

Air Pollutants, Occupational Bacteria Dust Lung Diseases Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Textile Industry
Keywords:

Textiles-industry; Dust-exposure; Airborne-dusts; Plant-dusts; Bacterial-dusts; Respiratory-system-disorders; Lung-disease; Dust-control; Cotton-dust
Publisher:

Southern Regional Research Center
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Proceedings
Place as Subject:

Louisiana ; OSHA Region 6
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-16
NIOSHTIC Number:

nn:00203898
Citation:

NIOSH 1986 Oct:1-16
Editor(s):

Wakelyn PJ; Jacobs RR; Kirk IW
Federal Fiscal Year:

1987
NORA Priority Area:

Disease and Injury: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Peer Reviewed:

False
Source Full Name:

Washed Cotton: Washing Techniques, Processing Characteristics, and Health Effects
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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