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Health effects of work at waste water treatment plants: a review of the literature with guidelines for medical surveillance.
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A medical surveillance program is proposed that includes attention to infectious diseases, such as hepatitis and to illness/absenteeism records, that are associated with work at waste water treatment plants.Abstract:
Potential health hazards associated with work at waste water treatment plants include bacteria, viruses and protozoa in domestic waste and heavy metals and other hazardous substances in industrial wastes. The primary exposure route for hazardous material is through inhalation of aerosols generated in the secondary phase of water treatment that contain pathogenic organisms. Although few epidemiological studies have investigated the health of waste water treatment facility workers, hazards noted have been limited to acute, self-limited gastrointestinal illnesses. Due to the potential for long term or subtle adverse health effects, a medical surveillance program is proposed that includes attention to infectious diseases, such as hepatitis and to illness/absenteeism records.read more
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Work related symptoms among sewage workers
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TL;DR: Employees at six sewage treatment plants and three drinking water plants were interviewed for the presence of specific medical symptoms and it is conceivable that the symptoms observed were caused by toxins from Gram negative bacteria.
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Klebsiella Biotypes Among Coliforms Isolated from Forest Environments and Farm Produce
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TL;DR: Samples of water, soil, needles, and bark were collected from three different forest environments and from a pulp and paper mill and samples of fresh produce were obtained from a local supermarket for total and fecal coliforms.
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Fetal loss and work in a waste water treatment plant.
TL;DR: Pregnancy outcomes in 101 wives of workers employed in a waste water treatment plant (WWTP), and verified fetal losses by hospital records, showed that the relative risk of fetal loss was increased when paternal exposure to the WWTP occurred around the time of conception.
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An epidemiologic study of the relationship between hepatitis A and water supply characteristics and treatment.
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