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Redwood Area Hospital
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM: Shelly Pauling,
Education & Communications Manager
RE: Respiratory Illness Workshop
DATE: November 28, 2007
The Redwood Area Hospital will be hosting a “Respiratory Illness
in Animal Feeding Operation Workers” workshop on Tuesday,
December 18, 2007 from 9:00-10:30am. Presenting will be Dr.
Steven R. Kirkhorn who serves as the Medical Director of the
National Farm Medicine Center. This workshop will be held using
our videoconference equipment with the presenter being live at
Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar.
The workshop will address issues surrounding agricultural
workers that are exposed to a broad range of toxic materials
including dusts (from cultivation, grain processes, animal
confinement operations), gases (exhaust, ammonia), biological
toxins (mites, dander, antigens, infectious agents) and many
different chemicals (pesticides, fertilizers).
These exposures result in a variety of respiratory symptoms that
may indicate a range of chronic or acute lung conditions and
diseases such as asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia. Participants
will leave with a better understanding of health effects of
workers in animal feeding operations and learn more appropriate
personal protection strategies.
This workshop is free and open to the public. To register for
this upcoming workshop call Shelly Pauling, Education &
Communications Manager at 507-637-4527 or
register on-line. |
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