{"doi":"10.17615/mmrr-rz10","title":"Fine Particulate Matter and Lung Function among Burning-Exposed Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Workers","abstract":"BACKGROUND: During the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster, controlled burning was conducted to remove oil from the water. Workers near combustion sites were potentially exposed to increased fine particulate matter [with aerodynamic diameter ≤2:5 lm (PM2:5 )] levels. Exposure to PM2:5 has been linked to decreased lung function, but to our knowledge, no study has examined exposure encountered in an oil spill cleanup. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the association between estimated PM2:5 only from burning/flaring of oil/gas and lung function measured 1–3 y after the DWH disaster. METHODS: We included workers who participated in response and cleanup activities on the water during the DWH disaster and had lung function measured at a subsequent home visit (n = 2,316). PM2:5 concentrations were estimated using a Gaussian plume dispersion model and linked to work histories via a job-exposure matrix. We evaluated forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1; milliliters), forced vital capacity (FVC; milliliters), and their ratio (FEV1/FVC; %) in relation to average and cumulative daily maximum exposures using multivariable linear regressions. RESULTS: We observed significant exposure–response trends associating higher cumulative daily maximum PM2:5 exposure with lower FEV1 (p-trend = 0:04) and FEV1/FVC (p-trend = 0:01). In comparison with the referent group (workers not involved in or near the burning), those with higher cumulative exposures had lower FEV1 [−166:8 mL, 95% confidence interval (CI): −337:3, 3.7] and FEV1/FVC (−1:7, 95% CI: −3:6, 0.2). We also saw nonsignificant reductions in FVC (high vs. referent: −120:9, 95% CI: −319:4, 77.6; p-trend = 0:36). Similar associations were seen for average daily maximum PM2:5 exposure. Inverse associations were also observed in analyses stratified by smoking and time from exposure to spirom-etry and when we restricted to workers without prespill lung disease. CONCLUSIONS: Among oil spill workers, exposure to PM2:5 specifically from controlled burning of oil/gas was associated with significantly lower FEV1 and FEV1/FVC when compared with workers not involved in burning. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP8930.","journal":"UNC Libraries","year":2023,"id":397190,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":2,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.96,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2023-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":330716,"name":"Lawrence S. Engel","orcid":"0000-0001-9268-4830","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":337994,"name":"Mark Stenzel","orcid":"0000-0001-7840-234X","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1119578,"name":"A. Blair","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":689916,"name":"Kate Christenbury","orcid":"0000-0003-1119-0236","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":202029,"name":"D. Chen","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":337995,"name":"Caroline P. Groth","orcid":"0000-0001-9444-0207","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":337993,"name":"Gregory C. Pratt","orcid":"0000-0003-0179-6314","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":429851,"name":"William B. Jackson","orcid":"0000-0001-6672-0172","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":337996,"name":"Sudipto Banerjee","orcid":"0000-0002-2239-208X","position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":104612,"name":"Dale P. Sandler","orcid":"0000-0002-6776-0018","position":10,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":338656,"name":"Patricia A. Stewart","orcid":null,"position":11,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":388251,"name":"Matthew D. Curry","orcid":"0000-0003-3515-0191","position":12,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":281523,"name":"Kaitlyn G. Lawrence","orcid":"0000-0002-8360-9326","position":13,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":330715,"name":"Richard K. Kwok","orcid":"0000-0002-6794-8360","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T01:19:35.497854Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}