Assessment of Human Health Risk due to Inhalation Exposure in Cattle and Pig Farms in South Moravia

ČUPR, Pavel, Michal ŠKAREK, Tomáš BARTOŠ, Miroslav CIGANEK and Ivan HOLOUBEK. Assessment of Human Health Risk due to Inhalation Exposure in Cattle and Pig Farms in South Moravia. Acta Veterinaria Brno. 2005, vol. 2005, No 74, p. 305-312. ISSN 0001-7213.

Basic information

• Original name: Assessment of Human Health Risk due to Inhalation Exposure in Cattle and Pig Farms in South Moravia
• Name in Czech: Hodnocení zdravotních rizik
• Authors: ČUPR, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Michal ŠKAREK (203 Czech Republic), Tomáš BARTOŠ (203 Czech Republic), Miroslav CIGANEK (203 Czech Republic) and Ivan HOLOUBEK (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: Acta Veterinaria Brno, 2005, 0001-7213.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 30304 Public and environmental health
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 0.353
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/05:00014641
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• UT WoS: 000230447800020
• Keywords in English: Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk; PAHs; PCBs; farm stable
• Tags: Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk, farm stable, PaHs, PCBs

Abstract

The main topic of this study was human health risk assessment of defined inhalation exposurescenario in selected cattle and pig farms in south Moravia (Czech Republic). This exceptionalevaluation of potential risks for farms manipulators was the main contribution of this study.Possible both human health risks, non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic (according to US EPAHuman health risk assessment methodology), for feeders and other workers exposed to pollutedindoor air in the farm stables were quantified in the selected pig and cattle farms with significantlyincreased concentrations mainly of carcinogenic PAHs and PCBs in the indoor air. No non-carcinogenic risks were determined in any of the localities, but also increased carcinogenic riskswere observed. The highest carcinogenic health risk was found in the cattle stable (MAX-IECR=8.0810-6), the lowest one in the pig stable (MIN-IECR= 2.5710-6). Carcinogenic risk values in thefarms under study were not extremely high, but those were approximately twice higher thanamedian value of the risk determined for research workers from KoeticeIECR = 5.9610-7(years1996 1999), Central European background monitoring station of EMEP.

Abstract (in Czech)

Hodnocení zdravotních rizik

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Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)