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  • Environmental Medicine
  • Pulmonary Medicine

Background:

  • Dust exposure is prevalent in industries like paper mills, wood pellet plants, and iron foundries.
  • Understanding the impact of specific dust types on lung function is crucial for worker safety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between dust exposure in paper mills, wood pellet plants, and iron foundries and lung function impairment.
  • To quantify the impact of inhalable wood dust, paper dust, and respirable silica on spirometry measures.

Main Methods:

  • Personal air sampling for respirable silica, inhalable paper dust, and inhalable wood dust.
  • Spirometry was conducted to assess lung function, measuring forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)%pred and forced vital capacity (FVC)%pred.
  • Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine associations between dust exposure levels and lung function parameters.

Main Results:

  • Workers in wood pellet plants with high inhalable dust exposure exhibited significantly lower FEV1%pred (-9.4%) and FVC%pred (-9.8%) compared to those with the lowest exposure.
  • No clear dose-dependent association was found for paper mill or foundry workers, but they generally presented with lower FEV1%pred and FVC%pred compared to wood pellet plant workers.

Conclusions:

  • Increased exposure to inhalable wood dust is directly linked to decreased lung function.
  • Foundry and paper mill workers tend to have poorer lung function compared to wood pellet workers, irrespective of a dose-response relationship.
  • Spirometry screening is recommended for workers in industries with significant airborne particulate matter pollution to detect and manage lung function impairment early.