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. 1976 Aug;33(3):175-80.
doi: 10.1136/oem.33.3.175.

Acute inhalation toxicity of cotton plant dusts

R Rylander, M C Snella

Acute inhalation toxicity of cotton plant dusts

R Rylander et al. Br J Ind Med. 1976 Aug.

Abstract

The number of free lung-cells was studied in guinea-pigs after acute exposure to extracts of various cotton dusts. A good correlation was found between the increase in number of leucocytes in the airways and the number of Gram-negative bacteria in the different dusts. Experiments using the Shwartzmann reaction and the Limulus titration test demonstrated a relationship between the content of different endotoxins in the dusts and the pulmonary reaction. A model for the acute exposure effects after exposure to cotton dust is proposed.

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