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Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis
Conclusions Findings from a multinational registry represent a unique effort to compare demographic, exposure and clinical information from ES workers with silicosis, and suggest a substantial emerging population of workers worldwide with severe and irreversible silica-associated diseases. This younger worker population is at high risk for disease progression, multiple comorbidities and severe disability. The ESSI registry provides an ongoing framework for investigating epidemiological trends and developing prospective studies for prevention and treatment of these workers. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hua, J. T., Zell-Baran, L., Go, L. H. T., Kramer, M. R., Van Bree, J. B., Chambers, D., Deller, D., Newbigin, K., Matula, M., Fireman, E., Dahbash, M., Martinez-Gonzalez, C., Leon-Jimenez, A., Sack, C., Ferrer, J., Villar, A., Almberg, K. S., Cohen, R. A. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research

Systematic scoping review of occupational health injuries and illnesses among Indigenous workers
Indigenous populations in the USA, Australia, New Zealand (NZ) and Canada total more than 13 million, but continue to be marginalised in their respective regions. The goal of this comprehensive review of all studies evaluating adverse occupational health outcomes among Indigenous populations in these countries was to identify gaps in the literature and future research directions. A systematic scoping review of research published between 1970 and 2020 was undertaken using the methodological framework initially proposed by Arksey and O’Malley. Country, Indigenous participants, study type, exposure, adverse health outco...
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shannon, B., Jennings, W., Friedman, L. Tags: Systematic review Source Type: research

Correction: Lifetime exposure to rubber dusts, fumes and N-nitrosamines and cancer mortality in a cohort of British rubber workers with 49 years follow-up
Discussion section on p. 257 third paragraph, starting ‘External Monte Carlo analyses based on information on smoking prevalence...’ reference #18 is incorrect; instead it should be reference #17, which points to the paper below: Dost A, Straughan J, Sorahan T. A cohort mortality and cancer incidence survey of recent entrants 1982–91,to the UK rubber industry: findings for 1983–2004. Occup Med 2007;57:186–90. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Open access Correction Source Type: research

Response to: Correspondence on: Household use of crop residues and fuelwood for cooking and newborn birth size in rural Bangladesh by Lee et al
We thank Das and Janardhanan for their interest in our study on household use of crop residues and fuelwood and birth size outcomes.1 As acknowledged in our article, we collected data on the type of biomass fuels using a questionnaire,2 as did many prior observational studies. In environmental epidemiological studies, questionnaires are often used in exposure assessment, allowing a large sample size and greater statistical power.3 Although the information on the type of cooking fuels using the questionnaire allowed us to assess the association between exposure and outcome, the quantification and the identification of speci...
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Lee, M.-S., Eum, K.-D., Mazumdar, M., Christiani, D. C. Tags: PostScript Source Type: research

Correspondence on: Household use of crop residues and fuelwood for cooking and newborn birth size in rural Bangladesh by Lee et al
The study by Mi-Sun Lee and colleagues1 has investigated the risk of adverse outcomes in offspring on perinatal exposure to cooking biomass fuels in Bangladeshi women, particularly crop residue and wood-fuel, and reported an increased odds of low birth weight and a significant reduction in the gestational age and head circumference of offspring on exposure to smoke from crop residue burning. While it is an insightful effort carried out among a considerable cohort of 1137 participants, the quantification of exposure using only a questionnaire tool may have potentially obscured the estimation of the actual exposure and the o...
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Mukherjee Das, A., Janardhanan, R. Tags: PostScript Source Type: research

Impact of occupational pesticide exposure assessment method on risk estimates for prostate cancer, non-Hodgkins lymphoma and Parkinsons disease: results of three meta-analyses
Assessment of occupational pesticide exposure in epidemiological studies of chronic diseases is challenging. Biomonitoring of current pesticide levels might not correlate with past exposure relevant to disease aetiology, and indirect methods often rely on workers’ imperfect recall of exposures, or job titles. We investigated how the applied exposure assessment method influenced risk estimates for some chronic diseases. In three meta-analyses the influence of exposure assessment method type on the summary risk ratio (sRR) of prostate cancer (PC) (25 articles), non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) (29 articles) and Parki...
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ohlander, J., Fuhrimann, S., Basinas, I., Cherrie, J. W., Galea, K. S., Povey, A. C., van Tongeren, M., Harding, A.-H., Jones, K., Vermeulen, R., Huss, A., Kromhout, H. Tags: Open access Systematic review Source Type: research

Habitual exercise, chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and high-sensitivity C reactive protein in Asian adults
Conclusions Increased levels of exercise and reduced exposure levels of PM2.5 are associated with a lower CRP level. Habitual exercise reduces CRP level regardless of the levels of chronic PM2.5 exposure. Our results support that habitual exercise is a safe approach for reducing systemic inflammation to improve cardiovascular health even for people residing in relatively polluted areas. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Zeng, Y. Q., Chan, S. H. T., Guo, C., Chang, L.-y., Bo, Y., Lin, C., Yu, Z., Lau, A. K. H., Tam, T., Lao, X. Q. Tags: Environment Source Type: research

Two-year follow-up of exposure, engineering controls, respiratory protection and respiratory health among workers at an indium-tin oxide (ITO) production and reclamation facility
Conclusions Increased engineering controls and respiratory protection can lead to decreased Inresp, InP and biomarkers of interstitial lung disease among workers in 2 years. Ongoing medical monitoring of indium-exposed workers to confirm the longer-term effectiveness of preventive measures is warranted. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Harvey, R. R., Virji, M. A., Blackley, B. H., Stanton, M. L., Trapnell, B. C., Carey, B., Healey, T., Cummings, K. J. Tags: Exposure assessment Source Type: research

Increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in those with greater work-related physical activity
Conclusions People performing work that require walking while handling some materials have greater odds of incident knee OA than those with jobs mostly involving sitting. Strategies are needed to mitigate risk factors predisposing them to radiographic OA. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Lo, G. H., Richard, M. J., McAlindon, T. E., Park, C., Strayhorn, M. T., Harkey, M. S., Price, L. L., Eaton, C. B., Driban, J. B. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

How serious are we about protecting workers health? The case of diesel engine exhaust
We present a quantitative evaluation of the expected impact of recently proposed regulatory limits for occupational diesel engine exhaust (DEE) exposure on the excess burden of lung cancer (LC) in Europe. Methods We used a lifetable approach, basing our analyses on the DEE exposure distribution in a large general population study, as well as the 5% prevalence used in earlier DEE burden calculations. We evaluated the effects of intervention on DEE exposures according to a health based limit (1 ug/m3 of elemental carbon (EC)) and both Dutch (10 ug/m3) and European (50 ug/m3) proposed regulatory limit values. Results were ex...
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Vermeulen, R., Portengen, L. Tags: Editor's choice Workplace Source Type: research

Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce
Conclusions Firefighters and police demonstrated some similar as well as some unique cancer risks. Findings from this larger worker population may have important implications for workplace and policy-level changes to improve preventative measures and reduce potential exposures to known carcinogenic hazards. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sritharan, J., Kirkham, T. L., MacLeod, J., Marjerrison, N., Lau, A., Dakouo, M., Logar-Henderson, C., Norzin, T., DeBono, N. L., Demers, P. A. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research

Prevalence and severity of abnormal lung function among US former coal miners with and without radiographic coal workers pneumoconiosis
Conclusions Abnormal spirometry is common among former coal miners. While ever-smoking former miners had higher rates of airflow obstruction, never-smoking former miners also demonstrated clinically significant airflow obstruction, including those without radiographic pneumoconiosis. These findings demonstrate the importance of recognising physiological as well as imaging manifestations of coal mine dust lung diseases in former miners. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Go, L. H. T., Almberg, K. S., Rose, C. S., Zell-Baran, L. M., Harris, D. A., Tomann, M., Friedman, L. S., Weems, D. J., Vonhof, W., Mastel, K. M., Cohen, R. A. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Prenatal occupational disinfectant exposure and childhood allergies: the Japan Environment and Childrens study
Conclusion Disinfectant use by pregnant women may be a risk factor for asthma and eczema in offspring. As disinfectants are an effective tool in the prevention of infectious diseases, replication of this study and further research into the mechanisms are warranted. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kojima, R., Shinohara, R., Kushima, M., Horiuchi, S., Otawa, S., Yokomichi, H., Akiyama, Y., Ooka, T., Miyake, K., Yamagata, Z., Japan Environment and Childrens Study Group Tags: Press releases Workplace Source Type: research

Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic
Conclusions These data highlight differing individual responses to the pandemic and underscore the need to consider individual circumstances when assessing and treating mental health. Aggregate trends in anxiety and depression may hide greater variation and symptom severity among subgroups. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Carr, E., Oetzmann, C., Davis, K., Bergin-Cartwright, G., Dorrington, S., Lavelle, G., Leightley, D., Polling, C., Stevelink, S. A. M., Wickersham, A., Vitiello, V., Razavi, R., Hotopf, M. Tags: COVID-19 Workplace Source Type: research

Sexual and gender harassment and use of psychotropic medication among Swedish workers: a prospective cohort study
Conclusions Exposure to sexual or gender harassment at the workplace may contribute to the development of mental disorders. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Blindow, K. J., Paulin, J., Hanson, L. M., Johnell, K., Nyberg, A. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research