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Byssinosis is a pulmonary problem among workers in cotton and flax spinning mills. It has been associated for many years with exposure to dust in millair but the active causative factor (s) in the dust have been unknown. Recently, however, evidence from several sources has led to the belief that bacteria are probably the incitant of the acute phase of the disease in cotton spinning mills. The bacteria are fiber - borne and are dispersed into air during processing. They are thought to trigger the bronchial constriction which is the basic cause of the breathing difficulty characteristic of acute byssinosis.
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Simpson, M.E., Marsh, P.B. (1987). Bacterial Counts on Commercial U.S. Cotton Fiber and their Possible Relation to Byssinosis in Cotton Mills. In: Llewellyn, G.C., O’Rear, C.E. (eds) Biodeterioration Research 1. Biodeterioration Research, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0949-9_5
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