Childrens Asthma Caused By Pregnant Mothers Occupational Exposure

A recent study of pregnant working women reveals that their exposure to occupational pollution results in their children's development of asthma. The report was presented at the Eastern European Respiratory's annual meeting in Amsterdam. "The results indicate an association between maternal occupational work exposures and the risk of asthma in the child at age 7 years. "

Reuters reported: "In a Danish review of registry data on 45,658 seven-year-old children and their mothers, 18.6 percent of children of mothers who were exposed to low-molecular-weight particles and irritants at work during pregnancy contracted asthma, compared to 16.1 percent of the general population."

See: Mothers work exposure during pregnancy and asthma in their children, a prospective cohort-study; B. H. Christensen, A. D. Larsen, L. R. Skadhauge, A. M. Thulstrup, K. S. Hougaard, K. S. Hansen, M. Frydenberg, V. Schlünssen (Aarhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Gentofte, Denmark)

For over 4 decades the Law Offices of Jon L. Gelman  1.973.696.7900  jon@gelmans.com have been representing injured workers and their families who have suffered occupational accidents and illnesses.

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A New Wave of Disease - Cleaners Asthma

Workers exposed to chlorine agents have been diagnosed with respiratory impairments. A recent study has reported that "suggest that bleach inhalation at a concentration of 0.4 ppm—a concentration below 8-hr permissible occupational exposure level—brings about a substantial decrease in FEV1 in subjects."

"Included in the study were thirteen cleaning employees with work-related asthma-like symptoms, three asthmatic controls and three atopic subjects without bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) who had no exposure to cleaning products. The study protocol consisted of a methacholine test, sputum induction and fraction of exhaled nitric oxide measurement (FENO) both at baseline and 24 hr after a 1-hr inhalation challenge with either placebo or bleach at a concentration of 0.4 ppm of chlorine."

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For over 3 decades the Law Offices of Jon L. Gelman 1.973.696.7900 jon@gelmans.com have been representing injured workers and their families who have suffered work related accident and injuries.

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