Occupational exposures to pesticides and other chemicals: a New Zealand motor neuron disease case-control study.

Objectives: To assess associations between occupational exposures to pesticides and other chemicals and motor neuron disease (MND).

Methods: A population-based case-control study that included 319 MND cases (64% male/36% female) recruited through the New Zealand MND Association complemented with hospital discharge data, and 604 controls identified from the Electoral Roll. For each job held, a questionnaire collected information on 11 exposure categories (dust, fibres, tobacco smoke, fumes, gas, fumigants, oils/solvents, acids/alkalis, pesticides, other chemicals and animals/animal products).

Occupation and motor neuron disease: a New Zealand case-control study.

Objectives: To assess associations between occupation and motor neuron disease (MND).

Methods: We conducted a population-based case-control study with cases (n=321) recruited through the New Zealand Motor Neurone Disease Association and hospital discharge data. Controls (n=605) were recruited from the Electoral Roll.

Metagenomic detection of viruses in aerosol samples from workers in animal slaughterhouses.

Published studies have shown that workers in animal slaughterhouses are at a higher risk of lung cancers as compared to the general population. No specific causal agents have been identified, and exposures to several chemicals have been examined and found to be unrelated. Evidence suggests a biological aetiology as the risk is highest for workers who are exposed to live animals or to biological material containing animal faeces, urine or blood.