DUST CONTENT OF COTTON - QUALITY-CONTROL IN TERMS OF AIRBORNE DUST AND ENDOTOXIN - A PILOT-STUDY

Authors
BREUM NO NIELSEN EM
Citation
No. Breum et Em. Nielsen, DUST CONTENT OF COTTON - QUALITY-CONTROL IN TERMS OF AIRBORNE DUST AND ENDOTOXIN - A PILOT-STUDY, Gefahrstoffe, Reinhaltung der Luft, 56(10), 1996, pp. 389-392
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Engineering, Civil","Engineering, Environmental
Journal title
Gefahrstoffe, Reinhaltung der Luft → ACNP
ISSN journal
09498036
Volume
56
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
389 - 392
Database
ISI
SICI code
0949-8036(1996)56:10<389:DCOC-Q>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A method using a rotating drum served to determine the dust content of cotton as a first step towards a standard characterising the potentia l emission of dust and endotoxins due to cotton. Cotton samples from f ive different geographical regions were investigated. The average dust content was between 0.002% and 0.01%. The average endotoxin content a mounted to 2.9 to 77 ng/mg. Significant differences in terms of dust a nd endotoxin content could thus be shown. Dust content testing could b e a measure of quality control preceding cotton processing, aimed to p revent byssinosis.