Occupational exposure to particulate matter and endotoxin for California dairy workers |
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| Authors: | Johnny Garcia Deborah H. Bennett Daniel Tancredi Marc B. Schenker Diane Mitchell Stephen J. Reynolds Frank M. Mitloehner |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Public Health Sciences and Center for Health and the Environment, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States;2. Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United Sates;3. Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523, United States;4. Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United Sates |
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Occupational exposure of dairy workers to particulate matter (PM) and endotoxin has been considered by some to be of potential concern. This paper reports personal exposure concentrations of PM (μg/m3) and endotoxin (EU/m3) for 226 workers from 13 California dairies. Arithmetic mean personal concentrations for PM2.5, inhalable PM and endotoxin were 48 μg/m3 (N = 222), 987 μg/m3 (N = 225) and 453 EU/m3 (N = 225), respectively. Using mixed effects models, time spent re-bedding of freestall barns versus any other job conducted on a dairy led to the highest exposure for PM2.5, inhalable PM, and endotoxin. Personal exposure concentrations were found to be greater than those reported for ambient area based concentrations at the same dairies. A pseudo R-square approach revealed that one area based measure combined with time spent performing tasks explained a significant portion of variation in personal exposure concentrations. |
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| Keywords: | Dairy PM Endotoxin Occupational exposure Agriculture Concentrated animal feeding operations |
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