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Survey of residents complaining of adverse health effects. |
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| Res. |
Site, distance away |
(km) |
Age/sex |
Smoker |
Symptoms a |
|
|
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| 1 |
Grand Bay, AL |
0.4 |
28♀ |
N |
Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, Db, N |
| 2 |
Grand Bay, AL |
0.4 |
4♀ |
N |
Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, Db, H, N |
| 3 |
Grand Bay, AL |
0.8 |
48♀ |
N |
C, Be, Bt, Cn, Db, R, N, D, Ft |
| 4 |
Grand Bay, AL |
0.8 |
19♀ |
N |
C, Bt, Bl, Cn, Db, S, R, H, N, D, F |
| 5 |
Grand Bay, AL |
0.4 |
71♂ |
N |
C, Cn, Db, H |
| 6 |
Grand Bay, AL |
<0.1 |
39♀ |
Y |
C, Cn, Db, R, H, N |
| 7 |
Grand Bay, AL |
<0.1 |
19♂ |
N |
C, Be, Bl, Cn, Db, R |
| 8 |
Grand Bay, AL |
<0.1 |
51♀ |
N |
Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, Db, D |
| 9 |
Grand Bay, AL |
0.2 |
45♂ |
N |
C, Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, H, N |
| 10 |
Menifee, CA |
0.4 |
42♂ |
N |
C, Cn, Db, Si, N, F, D, Ft |
| 11 |
Menifee, CA |
0.1 |
37♀ |
N |
Be, Bt, Cn, R, H, Si, N, Nb |
| 12 |
Menifee, CA |
0.1 |
4♂ |
N |
Bt, Cn, Db, Si, S, P |
| 13 |
Menifee, CA |
0.8 |
40♀ |
N |
C, Db, R, H, N, D, Si |
| 14 |
Menifee, CA |
0.4 |
52♀ |
Y |
Cn, Db, H, N, Nb, Ft |
| 15 |
Menifee, CA |
0.4 |
7♀ |
N |
C, Bl, Cn, Db, Fv, F |
| 16 |
Menifee, CA |
0.4 |
28♂ |
N |
C, Cn, Db, H, S |
| 17 |
Menifee, CA |
0.2 |
29♀ |
N |
C, Be, Bt, Cn, Db, R, H, Si, Ft |
| 18 |
Menifee, CA |
0.2 |
5♀ |
N |
C, Be, Cn, Db, S, P, R, H, Fv, F, Ft |
| 19 |
Menifee, CA |
<0.1 |
43♀ |
Y |
Be, Bt, Cn, Db, R, H, N, Fv, Nb, Ft |
| 20 |
Menifee, CA |
<0.1 |
10♂ |
N |
Be, Bt, Cn, Db, S, H, N, Fv, Nb, Ft |
| 21 |
Menifee, CA |
<0.1 |
68♀ |
Y |
Cn, Db, R, N, Fv, F, Ft |
| 22 |
Menifee, CA |
<0.1 |
46♂ |
Y |
Cn, Db, R, D, F, Ft |
| 23 |
Menifee, CA |
0.4 |
44♀ |
Y |
C, Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, H, F, Ft |
| 24 |
Winchester, CA |
0.8 |
69♂ |
Y |
C, Be, Bt, Bl, Db, P |
| 25 |
Winchester, CA |
0.8 |
46♀ |
Y |
C, Be, Bt, Bl, Db, H, N, Ft |
| 26 |
Arcadia, FL |
<0.2 |
38♀ |
Y |
Be, Bt, Bl |
| 27 |
Arcadia, FL |
<0.2 |
9♀ |
N |
Db, N, D |
| 28 |
Arcadia, FL |
<0.2 |
8♂ |
N |
C, Cn, Db |
| 29 |
Greenland, NH |
0.2 |
53♀ |
N |
C, Cn, Db, H, N, D |
| 30 |
Greenland, NH |
0.2 |
70♀ |
N |
C, Be, Bt, Cn, Nb |
| 31 |
Greenland, NH |
<0.1 |
32♀ |
Y |
Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, Db, H, N, F, Nb |
| 32 |
Greenland, NH |
<0.1 |
9♀ |
N |
C, Be, Cn, Db, N, D, F, Nb |
| 33 |
Greenland, NH |
<0.1 |
14♀ |
N |
Be, Bt, Cn, Db, N, D, F, Ft |
| 34 |
Greenland, NH |
<0.2 |
48♀ |
Y |
C, Be, Bt, Cn, Db, H, N, F, Ft |
| 35 |
Greenland, NH |
<0.2 |
26♂ |
N |
C, Cn, H, F |
| 36 |
Waynesville, OH |
0.2 |
60♀ |
N |
C, Be, Bt, Bl, Db, S, R |
| 37 |
Waynesville, OH |
0.1 |
78♂ |
N |
C, Db, S |
| 38 |
Cedarville, ON |
0.2 |
51♂ |
N |
Be, Bt, Bl |
| 39 |
Robesonia, PA |
0.2 |
15♂ |
N |
C, Cn, Db, P, H, Fv, F, Si, Ft |
| 40 |
Robesonia, PA |
0.2 |
17♂ |
N |
C, Bt, Cn, H, S, Si, |
| 41 |
Robesonia, PA |
0.2 |
46♂ |
N |
C, Bt, Si |
| 42 |
Osceola Mills, PA |
0.8 |
11♂ |
N |
Be, Bt, Cn, H, Si, N, F, Ft |
| 43 |
Guy, TX |
1.6 |
55♂ |
N |
Bt, Bl, Db |
| 44 |
Guy, TX |
0.4 |
2♂ |
N |
C, Cn, Db, Si |
| 45 |
Guy, TX |
0.4 |
67♀ |
N |
C, Be, Bt, Bl |
| 46 |
Guy, TX |
0.4 |
9♂ |
N |
Be, Bl, Cn, N |
| 47 |
Guy, TX |
0.4 |
6♀ |
N |
C, Cn, Be, Bt, Bl, N |
| 48 |
Guy, TX |
0.4 |
68♂ |
N |
C, Be, Cn, N, S, Ft |
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Residents complaining of adverse health effects from exposure to land-applied sewage sludge were surveyed at ten sites in North America to describe and document self-reported illnesses. a (C) cough; (Be) burning eyes/(Bt)throat/(Bl)lungs; (H) headache; (Cn) congestion; (Db) difficulty breathing; (F) flu-like; (Fv) fever; (N) nausea/vomiting (D) diarrhoea; (S) sinusitis; (Si) staphylococcal infection (skin, oral cavity); (P) pneumonia; (R) skin rash; (Nb) nosebleed; (Ft) fatigue | |||||
Lewis et al. BMC Public Health 2002 2:11 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-2-11 |
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