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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 10, No. 3, 227-234 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9201000303

Occupational Health Problems Due To Garbage Sorting

P. Malmros

Directorate of National Labour Inspection, Landskronagade 33, DK-2100 København 0

T. Sigsgaard

Institute of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aarhus

B. Bach

Department of Occupational Medicine, Skive County Hospital, Denmark

Medical examinations and dust analysis showed that illness of workers, predominently asthma, in an enclosed waste sorting plant in Denmark, was probably related to high particulate levels containing bacteria and endotoxins derived from decaying waste. Modification of the plant to enclose conveyors and install vacuum cleaning systems to reduce dust levels led to significant reductions in airborne bacteria and the nearly complete elimination of endotoxins. However, fungi concentrations were not reduced.

Key Words: Municipal solid waste • dust • bacteria • endotoxins • occupational health • waste sorting • Denmark.


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