Acute inhalation toxicity of cotton plant dusts

R Rylander, M C Snella
1976 Occupational and Environmental Medicine  
Acute inhalation toxicity of cotton plant dusts. The number of free lung-cells was studied in guinea-pigs after acute exposure to extracts of various cotton dusts. A good correlation was found between the increase in number of leucocytes in the airways and the number of Gram-negative bacteria in the different dusts. Experiments using the Shwartzmann reaction and the Limulus titration test demonstrated a relationship between the content of different endotoxins in the dusts and the pulmonary
more » ... ion. A model for the acute exposure effects after exposure to cotton dust is proposed.
doi:10.1136/oem.33.3.175 fatcat:niyuhyz57beoxcmadfohizibia