EndotoxII / Biomold

Full project titles:

• EndotoxII - Detection and characterisation of inflammatory agents associated with bioaerosol emitted from biowaste and intensive agriculture
• Biomold - Biological air pollution modelling and associations with lung disease 

Duration: 2015 to 2018

Project lead for CESR: Professor Enda Hayes

Other UWE Bristol researcher: Dr Ben Williams 

Research partners/collaborators:

• EndotoxII - Cranfield University; Open University; Plymouth University; Public Health England; Environment Agency 
• Biomold - Imperial College London

Funders:

• EndotoxII - NERC/DSTL
• Biomold - NERC

The purpose of EndotoxII was to explore the release of bioaerosols from biowaste (composting) and intensive agriculture facilities (poultry). The key questions included:

• understanding exposure of the general public to bioaerosol
• putting process-based exposures into the context of background exposure to natural bioaerosol (or other anthropogenic sources)
• quantifying health risk and setting health-based standards.

Linked to EndotoxII, the Biomold project explored the risk of respiratory hospital admissions associated with biological particles (specifically Aspergillus fumigatus) from composting facilities in England.

For further information about the project, please contact Professor Enda Hayes (enda.hayes@uwe.ac.uk).