Gilson (1955) An epidemiological study of
byssinosis among Lancashire cotton workers.
Byssinosis and other respiratory symptoms among factory workers in Akaki textile factory, Ethiopia.
Byssinosis was first defined in cotton workers, but in later studies it was also shown in workers who inhaled the dust of hemp, flax, sisal, jute and other fiber plants [8-10].
Byssinosis is rarely deadly, and in its most frequent form has mild
It is also documented in certain literatures that endotoxin is the principle mediator of
byssinosis and occupational lung disorders.
The human health effects of acute exposure to endotoxin include sepsis; clinical symptoms such as fever, shaking chills, and septic shock; and, at lower doses, toxic pneumonitis, lung function decrements, and respiratory symptoms, such as
byssinosis ("Monday morning chest tightness") (20,21).
Although these committees were helpful, they did not target the more specific occupational illnesses that are commonly found in garment and electronic establishments such as low back pain, visual strain, spontaneous abortion,
byssinosis, and hearing problems.
A good example is
byssinosis, where the airflow limitation is variable in the early part of the natural history of the disorder, which may be misdiagnosed as asthma.
Occupationally related diseases: Blue collar (hence less educated) workers who smoke are more vulnerable to occupational diseases, e.g., pneumoconiosis,
byssinosis, occupationally related asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, cancers of the lung, urinary bladder, liver, skin, or stomach and myeloid leukaemia.
Stevens' contempt for the law, the boycotters publicized unhealthy working conditions that led to
byssinosis (brown lung disease).
Chronic endotoxin exposure may lead to chronically decreased pulmonary function,
byssinosis, and chronic bronchitis.