NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) testimony on cotton dust before the House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Labor Standards, by James A. Merchant, May 16, 1979

Technical Report · Wed May 16 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:7004476

The testimony summarized information available on respiratory disease arising from exposure to cotton dust which will appear in a comprehensive study the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has undertaken together with the Department of Labor at the request of Congress. The NIOSH portion of the study involved a detailed description of methods of epidemiological and environmental investigation of occupational respiratory disease, assessment of impairment and disability and a series of chapters on specific categories of occupationally induced respiratory disease. In this testimony, specific information was imparted regarding byssinosis. Topics included: byssinosis; the number of exposed workers; etiological agents; Monday morning chest tightness; chronic effects; epidemiology; disability; and cigarette smoking as a risk factor. Elements important to standards for compensation for disability from cotton-dust exposure were suggested.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7004476
• Report Number(s): PB-90-131863/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
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COTTON
DISEASES
DOCUMENT TYPES
DUSTS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HEARINGS
INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
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MEDICINE
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
SAFETY
STANDARDS
TOXIC MATERIALS
TOXICITY
WORKMENS COMPENSATION