Chronic Bronchitis & COPD

 

The following table shows in the first column the list of agents to be considered as causes of COPD. In the second column, the colored Xs designate the agents listed as increasing the risk for COPD, or at least the markers for COPD, according to several authors listed below. Columns to the right with the black Xs show the adverse effects for each agent in Haz-Map.

Table 1--Candidate Occupational Exposures That Increase Risk for COPD or Markers for COPD

 

COPD

BO

Fibrosis

Chronic bronchitis

Pneumonitis

Asthma

Lung Cancer

Coal dust

B A b S

 

X

X

 

 

 

Nitrogen dioxide

A C Sc

AbSc

 

 

X

 

 

Ozone

 

A b

 

 

X

 

 

Sulfur dioxide

ASCSc

A b Sc

 

 

X

 

 

Ammonia

A S C Sc

A Sc

 

X

X

 

 

Arsenic (As-Cl3)

C  

 

 

 

X 

 

X

Chlorine

A C Sc

b

 

 

X

 

 

Cadmium

SCSc

 

 

 

X

 

X

Chromium

C  

 

 

 

 

X

X

Osmium tetroxide

b C

 

 

 

X

  

 

Phosgene

C Sc

A b

 

 

X

 

 

Tungsten carbide

C

 

X

 

 

X

 

Vanadium pentoxide

b C  

 

 

X

 

 

 

Monoisocyanates

A  

 

 

 

Diisocyanates SC X X

Welding fumes

KAbSC

 

 

X

 

 

 

Mineral dust

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cotton dust

BKAbS C

 

 

X

 

 

 

Grain dust

BKAbS

 

 

X

 

X

 

Wood dust

BKAbS

 

 

 

 

X

 

Flax dust

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soft hemp dust

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mixed potash

C