Respiratory Risks Rank High Among Farm Dangers
EBENSBURG - Most modem
fanners have a friend or relative
who has been involved in a mishap
with power machinery. For them,
safety first is more than a slogan,
it’s a way of life.
Surprisingly, however, many
farmers are unaware of or
disregard the dangers posed by
airborne contaminants. These
contaminants, in the form of dusts,
gases, vapors, fumes and mold
spores, can cause illness and even
death.
The respiratory risks farmers
face daily are as varied as the
work they do. Farmer’s lung
disease, a form of allergic
pneumonia caused by inhaling
mold spores produced by moldy
grain, com and hay, is a dangerous
respiratory ailment that can lead
to permanent scarring of the lungs.
Chronic exposure can result in
deterioration of the respiratory
system and can lead to death.
Symptoms of the disease
fever, chills, muscle aches,
shortness of breath and coughing
usually develop within six to
eight hours after exposure to
airborne mold spores.
Ammonia gases, pesticide mists,
fungicide dusts, welding fumes and
airborne dusts from organic and
inorganic sources are additional
sources of respiratory risk to
farmers.
Just as when working with power
machinery, fanners must take
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proper precautions to reduce the
risk of illness or injury posed by
airborne contaminants. As in aU
safety programs, the first line of
defense is knowledge. An
awareness of the danger and an
understanding of proper safety
procedures are the first steps in
protecting your health.
The next step is to put that
knowledge jnto action. Ventilation
of enclosed spaces before working
in them and using respiratory
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ROSEMONT, m. - Reduced
cholesterol diets for everyone may
not be the most effective national
strategy in preventing and
lowering the incidence of coronary
heart disease, Robert E. Olson, M.
D., Ph. D., State University of New
York at Stony Brook, said recently
in an article for the Journal of the
American Medical Association.
Olson’s commentary, “Mass
Intervention vs. Screening and
Selective Intervention for the
Prevention of Coronary Heart
Disease,” questions the recom
mendation that all persons more
than two years old follow fat
modified diets in the interest of
preventing coronary disease
regardless of sex, age or presence
of other risk factors.
The author defines this
suggestion as the “key recom
mendation” of a recent National
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preventing a mishap.
For protection against dusts,
mists and mold spores, light
weight, disposable respirators,
such as 3M’s No. 8710 government
approved dust/mist half-mask
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maintenance-free and easy-to-use
protection.
For work in the presence of
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Research data from previous
human studies have not illustrated
that changes in diet consistently
produce statistically significant
differences in reducing the number
of “coronary events” in a person’s
life or deaths due to coronary heart
disease, Olson asserts.
Rather than mass intervention, a
preferred preventive strategy,
according to Olson, is the
screening of adult males and other
persons with a family history of
precocious coronary heart disease
for total blood cholesterol and
high-density lipoprotein
cholesterol levels. Persons with
high serum cholesterol values
should be referred for care by a
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The American Heart Association
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Information on the dangers of
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Agriculture and the U.S. Depart
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“The preventive approach
needed now is thus a medical and
not a public health strategy,” said
Olson.
“We should treat each person on
an individual basis and look at all
factors increasing the risk of heart
disease, such as smoking, high
blood pressure, alcohol abuse,
obeisty, and lack of exercise, in
addition to high blood cholesterol,”
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Dairy Council, an organization
whcih supports a broad program of
nutrition research, including that
on fat and cholesterol in the diet.
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