Concentrations of Particulate Matter Exposed to Farm Workers in the Broiler Houses

Hyo-Jae  Seo; Byung-Wook  Oh; Hyo-Cher  Kim; So-Jung  Sin; Il-Hwan  Seo

doi:10.5389/KSAE.2020.62.5.027

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Concentrations of Particulate Matter Exposed to Farm Workers in the Broiler Houses 육계사 내 작업자의 미세먼지 노출량 현장모니터링

2020. pp. 27-37

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Abstract

As domestic meat consumption increases/ the broiler production industry has been larger and denser. The concentration of particulate matter (PM) and harmful gases generated is also increasing inside livestock house. However/ the current research status of PM exposed to farm workers and the health effects are in the early stage. To understand PM concentration affecting workers in the broiler house/ field monitoring was conducted according to its size distributions. Concentrations of PM10/ PM2.5/ and TD (Total Dust) were monitored using personal air samplers with teflon filter during working and moving periods considering the ventilation systems of 6 broiler houses. The purpose of this study is to monitor the PM concentration in the experimental broiler houses operated by forced ventilation system generally used in Korea and to evaluate the regional concentrations through airflow pattern. The PM concentrations were increased from inlet to outlet vents resulting in 1/872 of TD/ 1/385 of PM10/ and 209 ㎍/㎥ of PM2.5/ respectively. The TD and PM10 concentrations were increased when the workers and broilers were moving. Among them/ the particle size that occupied the largest amount of PM was 13.75 ㎛. These results suggest that personal protection equipments are important to reduce the health effect from PM inhalation.

Keywords

Field monitoring

livestock house

particle matter

ventilation

working environment

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
Publisher(Ko) :한국농공학회
Journal Title :Journal of Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
Journal Title(Ko) :한국농공학회논문집
Volume : 62
No :5
Pages :27-37
Received Date : 2020-07-10
Revised Date : 2020-08-14
Accepted Date : 2020-08-18
DOI :https://doi.org/10.5389/KSAE.2020.62.5.027

Journal of Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers ISSN:1738-3692(Print) 2093-7709(Online) 한국농공학회논문집

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