Online Design Aid for Evaluating Manure Pit Ventilation Systems to Reduce Entry Risk

On-farm manure storage pits contain both toxic and asphyxiating gases such as hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, methane and ammonia. Farmers and service personnel occasionally need to enter these pits to conduct repair and maintenance tasks. One intervention to reduce the toxic and asphyxiating gas...

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Main Authors: Harvey B. Manbeck, Daniel W. Hofstetter, Dennis J. Murphy, Virendra M. Puri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00108/full