Airborne hazards come from many areas, including manure pits, animal confinement and crop storage. Agricultural airborne hazards include hazardous gases, dust, disinfectants, pesticides and welding fumes.
Many airborne hazards occur on farms and ranches.
Without knowledge of the hazards present, people are in jeopardy of injury or death. To reduce the dangers of airborne hazards, learn the hazard characteristics, symptoms of exposure, conditions that cause dangerous concentrations of hazardous chemicals, and what to do to prevent poisoning. Airborne hazards can be absorbed into the body by ingestion, inhalation, and absorption . For each specific hazard, there may be more than one causative agent. That is, animal waste handling facilities can have both ammonia and methane.