TY - JOUR
T1 - Mesothelioma in agriculture in Lombardy, Italy
T2 - An unrecognized risk
AU - Mensi, Carolina
AU - Dallari, Barbara
AU - Polonioli, Marco
AU - Riboldi, Luciano
AU - Consonni, Dario
AU - Pesatori, Angela Cecilia
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by: Istituto Nazionale per l?Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro (INAIL), Rome, Italy: BRiC P55 and P59; Fondazione Regionale per la Ricerca Biomedica ?An integrated precision medicine approach to malignant mesothelioma: from mutation load to epidemiology and therapy? (acronym: PRIMATE-code ARL_2/2018). The authors wish to thank the personnel of the regional hospital Occupational Health Departments (UOOML) and of the Occupational Prevention and Safety Departments of the Local Health Units (SPSAL) for their collaboration in notifying and interviewing subjects affected by mesothelioma; the personnel of the regional hospital Medical, Surgical and Pathology Departments for their collaboration in providing clinical documentation; Luana Garlati, Lombardy Mesothelioma Registry, for her valuable secretarial assistance; the subjects affected by mesothelioma and their family members for granting interviews.
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Copyright:
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PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Cohort studies showed consistently low risks for malignant mesothelioma (MM) among agricultural workers, however the investigated exposures did not include asbestos. Our aim is to describe sources of asbestos exposure of MM in agriculture. Twenty-six MM cases in agricultural or seed trades workers were identified through the MM registry of the Lombardy region, Italy in 2000–2016. Asbestos exposures were investigated through a standardized questionnaire. The most frequent exposure circumstances were recycled jute bags previously containing asbestos (11 cases) and maintenance and repair of asbestos roofs (12 subjects). Three subjects performed maintenance and repair of tractor asbestos brakes and two used asbestos filters for wine production. Our data suggest asbestos exposure opportunities in the agricultural setting, underlining the need to look for this exposure in subjects affected with mesothelioma.
AB - Cohort studies showed consistently low risks for malignant mesothelioma (MM) among agricultural workers, however the investigated exposures did not include asbestos. Our aim is to describe sources of asbestos exposure of MM in agriculture. Twenty-six MM cases in agricultural or seed trades workers were identified through the MM registry of the Lombardy region, Italy in 2000–2016. Asbestos exposures were investigated through a standardized questionnaire. The most frequent exposure circumstances were recycled jute bags previously containing asbestos (11 cases) and maintenance and repair of asbestos roofs (12 subjects). Three subjects performed maintenance and repair of tractor asbestos brakes and two used asbestos filters for wine production. Our data suggest asbestos exposure opportunities in the agricultural setting, underlining the need to look for this exposure in subjects affected with mesothelioma.
KW - Agriculture
KW - Asbestos exposure
KW - Malignant mesothelioma
KW - Occupational cancers
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18010358
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18010358
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85098971177
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 1
M1 - 358
ER -