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Title: Endotoxins in cotton: washing effects and size distribution

Abstract

Endotoxin contamination was measured in washed and unwashed cottons from three distinct growing areas, California, Mississippi, and Texas. The data show differences in endotoxin contamination based upon the geographic source of the cotton. It is also shown that washing bulk cotton before the carding process results in lower endotoxin in the cotton dust. Washing conditions can affect the endotoxin levels, and all size fractions of the airborne dust contain quantifiable endotoxin contamination. Endotoxin analyses provide a simple and reliable method for monitoring the cleanliness of cotton or airborne cotton dusts.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
OSTI Identifier:
5586560
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Am. J. Ind. Med.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; COTTON; TOXICITY; DUSTS; ENDOTOXINS; WASHING; ANTIGENS; CLEANING; MATERIALS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXINS; 553000* - Agriculture & Food Technology

Citation Formats

Olenchock, S A, Mull, J C, and Jones, W G. Endotoxins in cotton: washing effects and size distribution. United States: N. p., 1983. Web. doi:10.1002/ajim.4700040405.
Olenchock, S A, Mull, J C, & Jones, W G. Endotoxins in cotton: washing effects and size distribution. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.4700040405
Olenchock, S A, Mull, J C, and Jones, W G. 1983. "Endotoxins in cotton: washing effects and size distribution". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.4700040405.
@article{osti_5586560,
title = {Endotoxins in cotton: washing effects and size distribution},
author = {Olenchock, S A and Mull, J C and Jones, W G},
abstractNote = {Endotoxin contamination was measured in washed and unwashed cottons from three distinct growing areas, California, Mississippi, and Texas. The data show differences in endotoxin contamination based upon the geographic source of the cotton. It is also shown that washing bulk cotton before the carding process results in lower endotoxin in the cotton dust. Washing conditions can affect the endotoxin levels, and all size fractions of the airborne dust contain quantifiable endotoxin contamination. Endotoxin analyses provide a simple and reliable method for monitoring the cleanliness of cotton or airborne cotton dusts.},
doi = {10.1002/ajim.4700040405},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5586560}, journal = {Am. J. Ind. Med.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 4:4,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983},
month = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983}
}