Health and Safety Executive

Exposure to dust and bioaerosols in poultry farming

Previous studies have tended to provide only an overview of agriculture workers’ exposure to bioaerosols. However, this is of limited use in assessing health risks, because of the diversity of tasks at different times of the day, week or season.

Workers’ exposure to dust and bioaerosols is certain to differ according to the task being performed.

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