Journal article
Air pollution and odor in communities near industrial swine operations
Environmental health perspectives, v 116(10), pp 1362-1368
01 Oct 2008
PMID: 18941579
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Odors can affect health and quality of life. Industrialized animal agriculture creates odorant compounds that are components of a mixture of agents that could trigger symptoms reported by neighbors of livestock operations.
OBJECTIVE: We quantified swine odor episodes reported by neighbors and the relationships of these episodes with environmental measurements.
METHODS: Between September 2003 and September 2005, 101 nonsmoking volunteers living within 1.5 mi of industrial swine operations in 16 neighborhoods in eastern North Carolina completed twice-daily odor diaries for approximately 2 weeks. Meteorological conditions, hydrogen sulfide, and particulate matter <= 10 mu m in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) were monitored in each neighborhood. We used mixed models to partition odor variance within and between people and between neighborhoods, and to quantify relationships between environmental factors and odor.
RESULTS: Participants reported 1,655 episodes of swine odor. In nine neighborhoods, odor was reported on more than half of study-days. Odor ratings were related to temperature, PM10, and sentivolatile PM10 in standard but not mixed models. In mixed models, odor increased 0.15 +/- 0.05 units (mean SE) for a 1-ppb increase in H2S, and 0.45 +/- 0.14 units for a 10-mu g/m(3) increase in PM10 at wind speeds > 6.75 miles per hour. The odds of reporting a change in daily activities due to odor increased 62% for each unit increase in average odor during the prior 12 hr (t-value = 7.17).
CONCLUSIONS. This study indicates that malodor from swine operations is commonly present in these communities and that the odors reported by neighbors are related to objective environmental measurements and interruption of activities of daily life.
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- Title
- Air pollution and odor in communities near industrial swine operations
- Creators
- Steve Wing - Univ N Carolina, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USARachel Avery Horton - University of North CarolinaStephen W. Marshall - Univ N Carolina, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USAKendall Thu - Northern Illinois UniversityMansoureh Taiik - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Hlth & Sustainabil, Lowell, MA USALeah Schinasi - University of North CarolinaSusan S. Schiffman - Duke University
- Publication Details
- Environmental health perspectives, v 116(10), pp 1362-1368
- Publisher
- Us Dept Health Human Sciences Public Health Science
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- CR829522 / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); United States Environmental Protection Agency R01 ES011359 / National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Kellogg Community Health Scholars Program R01ES011359 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000259730100030
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-55949111983
- Other Identifier
- 991020099857804721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Environmental Sciences
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
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