SAVE YOUR BREATH: Always Use Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment
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Nearly every day, farmers may be exposed to elements that pose a hazard to lung and respiratory health. Whether the exposure is frequent or occasional, the health risk can be significant. Symptoms that indicate dust and/or mold spores may have been inhaled ranged from stuffy or runny nose and nagging cough to illness that includes chronic coughing, shortness of breath, fever, aches and pains, and loss of appetite. Long term exposure to dusts and molds can cause respiratory disease.
Anyone who comes in contact with hay, grain, hogs, cattle, poultry, mold or grain dust, woodworking, nuisance odors, resins, solvents, gases, etc. must protect their lungs and respiratory system by using the proper respiratory Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Depending on the type of exposure, equipment may include disposable filtering face pieces, reusable half full-face respirators, Powered Air
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