Endotoxin and particulate matter emitted by livestock farms and respiratory health effects in neighboring residents.

CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to livestock farm emitted particulate matter is associated with respiratory health effects and atopic sensitization in non-farming residents. Results indicate endotoxin to be a potentially plausible etiologic agent, suggesting non-infectious aspects of microbial emissions from livestock farms to be important with respect to public health. PMID: 31387023 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Environment International - August 2, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: de Rooij MMT, Smit LAM, Erbrink HJ, Hagenaars TJ, Hoek G, Ogink NWM, Winkel A, Heederik DJJ, Wouters IM Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research