Association between spill-related exposure to fine particulate matter and peripheral motor and sensory nerve function among oil spill response and cleanup workers following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Burning/flaring of oil/gas during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response and cleanup (OSRC) generated high concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM_2.5). Personnel working on the water during these activities may have inhaled combustion products. Neurologic effects of PM_2.5 have been reported previously but few studies have examined lasting effects following disaster exposures. The association of brief, high exposures and adverse effects on sensory and motor nerve function in the years following exposure have not been examined for OSRC workers.

Objectives

We assessed the relationship between exposure to burning/flaring-related PM_2.5 and measures of sensory and motor nerve function among OSRC workers.

Methods

PM_2.5

SUBMITTER: Norris CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11323976 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature