Article Critique

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One significant industrial hygiene related situation that occurred in the not too distant past involved workers at a microwave popcorn facility who were diagnosed with a debilitating lung disease known as bronchiolitis obliterans. The industrial hygiene and public health community was somewhat taken off guard when a number of workers suffered severe, irreparable lung dysfunction at a Missouri popcorn plant. After all, these folks didn’t work with what had traditionally been identified as highly hazardous substances. They worked with food products and butter flavorings.
In the early 2000s this was considered an emerging issue. A lot has been learned about butter flavorings over the years. However, the substance identified as Dactyl and similar products used as food flavorings continue to be a significant issue and are identified as primary culprits behind several clusters of bronchiolitis obliterans tied to workers at food processing facilities that use butter flavoring.

ï‚· Identify the primary issue and why it is still a problem in industry more than a decade after the hazard was identified?

ï‚· Discuss progress with establishing exposure limits.

ï‚· Discuss steps that food industry companies like microwave popcorn manufacturers can take to limit employee
exposure, making sure to consider the hierarchy of controls in your assessment.

ï‚· What is the role of the industrial hygienist in helping to control exposure?

Article Critique

Paper Details
One significant industrial hygiene related situation that occurred in the not too distant past involved workers at a microwave popcorn facility who were diagnosed with a debilitating lung disease known as bronchiolitis obliterans. The industrial hygiene and public health community was somewhat taken off guard when a number of workers suffered severe, irreparable lung dysfunction at a Missouri popcorn plant. After all, these folks didn’t work with what had traditionally been identified as highly hazardous substances. They worked with food products and butter flavorings.
In the early 2000s this was considered an emerging issue. A lot has been learned about butter flavorings over the years. However, the substance identified as Dactyl and similar products used as food flavorings continue to be a significant issue and are identified as primary culprits behind several clusters of bronchiolitis obliterans tied to workers at food processing facilities that use butter flavoring.

ï‚· Identify the primary issue and why it is still a problem in industry more than a decade after the hazard was identified?

ï‚· Discuss progress with establishing exposure limits.

ï‚· Discuss steps that food industry companies like microwave popcorn manufacturers can take to limit employee
exposure, making sure to consider the hierarchy of controls in your assessment.

ï‚· What is the role of the industrial hygienist in helping to control exposure?

Article CritiqueThe practice of quantitative research not only involves statistical calculations and formulas but also involves the understanding of statistical techniques related to
real-world applications. You might not become a quantitative researcher nor use statistical methods in your profession but as a consumer, citizen, and scholar-
practitioner, it will be important for you to become a critical consumer of research, which will empower you to read, interpret, and evaluate the strength of claims
made in scholarly material and daily news.
For this Assignment, you will critically evaluate a scholarly article related to moderation.
To prepare
Review the Article Critique Assignment Guide in the Walden Library, listed in this week’s Learning Resources.
Search the Walden Library for a quantitative article that applies moderation testing.
By Day 7
The Assignment
Write a 2- to 3-page critique of the research you found in the Walden Library that includes responses to the following prompts:
Why did the authors use moderation in their multiple regression model
Do you think moderation is the most appropriate choice Why or why not
Did the authors display the results in a figure or table
Does the results table stand alone In other words, are you able to interpret the study from it Why or why not