Meat-Wrapper's Asthma

Sokol, William N.; Aelony, Yossef; Beall, Gildon N.

doi:10.1001/jama.1973.03230060017005

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“…The clinical finding of asthma in workers respon sible for wrapping meat products in supermarkets was first reported in 1973 (8). Additional reports of acute illness led to the initiation of a study to examine the possibility that long-term respiratory health effect s may result from working in such environments.…”

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Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. II. Respiratory symptoms.

Wegman¹,

Eisen²,

Smith³

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Scand J Work Environ Health

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WEGMAN DH , EISEN EA, SMITH TJ, GREAVES lA , FINE LJ . Respirator y effects of work in retail food stores: 11 Respir atory sympto ms. Scand J Work Environ Health 13 (1987) 209-212. Thi s study examined the relationship s bet ween the prevalence of respir at or y tract sympto ms and estimates of environment al exposures in retail foo d store s, in parti cular expo sures to emissions from the cutting o f polyvinyl chlorid e wrap. When respiratory sympto ms were compared with a measure o f cumulative exposure , there was evidence that the prevalence of sympto ms of episodic airway narrowing was higher for wor kers who had been exposed directl y or indirectly to meat wrapping opera tions independent of a significant association of these symptoms with allergic or asthma tic history. Whether this find ing reflects a non specific irritant effect or allergic sensitization cann ot be determined from these data. No single substance present in the work environment studied has, as yet, been ident ified as associated with these effects .

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Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. II. Respiratory symptoms.

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“…The first is caused by thermoactivated degradation products of PVC and has been reported in meat wrappers exposed to fumes while cutting PVC meat-wrap film using a hot wire. Most of these cases showed respiratory symptoms within 30 min of exposure, but one exhibited a delayed response (7). The second type of PVC-associated OA, of which the present case is an example, is caused by unheated PVC resin dust.…”

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“…To date, a few cases of OA induced directly by PVC dust exposure have been reported among workers in meat processing factories and those involved in manufacture of plastic seals (3, 6, 7). The case presented here is, to our knowledge, the first case of OA confirmed by bronchoprovocation tests with both PVC and Ni, and increased airway inflammation after challenge.…”

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Case Report of Occupational Asthma Induced by Polyvinyl Chloride and Nickel

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Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a widely used chemical for production of plastics. However occupational asthma (OA) caused by PVC has been reported only rarely. We report a 34-yrold male wallpaper factory worker with OA due to PVC and nickel (Ni) whose job was mixing PVC with plasticizers. He visited the emergency room due to an asthma attack with moderate airflow obstruction and markedly increased sputum eosinophil numbers. A methacholine challenge test was positive (PC20 2.5 mg/mL). Bronchoprovocation tests with both PVC and Ni showed early and late asthmatic responses, respectively. Moreover, the fractional concentration of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) was increased after challenge with PVC. To our knowledge, this is the first case of OA in Korea induced by exposure to both PVC and Ni. We suggest that eosinophilic inflammation may be involved in the pathogenesis of PVC-induced OA and that FeNO monitoring can be used for its diagnosis.

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“…In 1973 Sokol et al (22) reported a new syndrome termed " meat wrapper' s asthma" and suggested it resulted from the inhalation of fume s emitted during the cutting of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) film. Concern about emissions from the widely used " hot-wire" cutters led to the development of a different instrument, the "cool rod. "…”

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Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. I. Methodology and exposure assignments.

Wegman¹,

Smith²,

Eisen³

et al. 1987

Scand J Work Environ Health

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WEGMAN DH , SMITH TJ , EISEN EA, GREAVES lA , FINE LJ , CHELTON CS. Respirat ory effects of work in retail food stores: I Methodology and exposure assignment s. Scand J Work Environ Health 13 (1987) 203-208. This study was designed to examine whether retail food store employees have an unusual prevalence or incidence of respirat ory symptoms or pulmonary function abnormalities attributable to their work environment. The methodology and development of exposure assignments are presented. Employees from 75 supermarkets (a total of 685 meat cutters, wrappers and sto re clerks) were tested in a base-line survey, and those still available (305) were resurveyed four year s later . Each subject completed a standard questionnaire on job history, health history, cigarette smoking, and respiratory symptoms and also performed five forced expiratory effo rts on a standardized spirometer. The major air contaminants were identified including the composition and levels of exposures associated with the different ways of cutting plastic film wrap. A cumulative exposure estimate for each subject was mad e. Parts II and III of this study present the association of these work environment factors with respiratory symptoms and ventilatory function.K ey terms: meat wrappe r' s asthm a, plastic pyrolysis products, polyvinyl chloride, pulmonary function .

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Meat-Wrapper's Asthma

Cited by 52 publications

References 8 publications

Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. II. Respiratory symptoms.

Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. II. Respiratory symptoms.

Case Report of Occupational Asthma Induced by Polyvinyl Chloride and Nickel

Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. I. Methodology and exposure assignments.

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