Table 1.
Survey of residents complaining of adverse health effects.
| Res. | Site, distance away | (km) | Age/sex | Smoker | Symptoms a |
| 1 | Grand Bay, AL | 0.4 | 28♀ | N | Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, Db, N |
| 2 | Grand Bay, AL | 0.4 | 4♀ | N | Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, Db, H, N |
| 3 | Grand Bay, AL | 0.8 | 48♀ | N | C, Be, Bt, Cn, Db, R, N, D, Ft |
| 4 | Grand Bay, AL | 0.8 | 19♀ | N | C, Bt, Bl, Cn, Db, S, R, H, N, D, F |
| 5 | Grand Bay, AL | 0.4 | 71♂ | N | C, Cn, Db, H |
| 6 | Grand Bay, AL | <0.1 | 39♀ | Y | C, Cn, Db, R, H, N |
| 7 | Grand Bay, AL | <0.1 | 19♂ | N | C, Be, Bl, Cn, Db, R |
| 8 | Grand Bay, AL | <0.1 | 51♀ | N | Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, Db, D |
| 9 | Grand Bay, AL | 0.2 | 45♂ | N | C, Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, H, N |
| 10 | Menifee, CA | 0.4 | 42♂ | N | C, Cn, Db, Si, N, F, D, Ft |
| 11 | Menifee, CA | 0.1 | 37♀ | N | Be, Bt, Cn, R, H, Si, N, Nb |
| 12 | Menifee, CA | 0.1 | 4♂ | N | Bt, Cn, Db, Si, S, P |
| 13 | Menifee, CA | 0.8 | 40♀ | N | C, Db, R, H, N, D, Si |
| 14 | Menifee, CA | 0.4 | 52♀ | Y | Cn, Db, H, N, Nb, Ft |
| 15 | Menifee, CA | 0.4 | 7♀ | N | C, Bl, Cn, Db, Fv, F |
| 16 | Menifee, CA | 0.4 | 28♂ | N | C, Cn, Db, H, S |
| 17 | Menifee, CA | 0.2 | 29♀ | N | C, Be, Bt, Cn, Db, R, H, Si, Ft |
| 18 | Menifee, CA | 0.2 | 5♀ | N | C, Be, Cn, Db, S, P, R, H, Fv, F, Ft |
| 19 | Menifee, CA | <0.1 | 43♀ | Y | Be, Bt, Cn, Db, R, H, N, Fv, Nb, Ft |
| 20 | Menifee, CA | <0.1 | 10♂ | N | Be, Bt, Cn, Db, S, H, N, Fv, Nb, Ft |
| 21 | Menifee, CA | <0.1 | 68♀ | Y | Cn, Db, R, N, Fv, F, Ft |
| 22 | Menifee, CA | <0.1 | 46♂ | Y | Cn, Db, R, D, F, Ft |
| 23 | Menifee, CA | 0.4 | 44♀ | Y | C, Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, H, F, Ft |
| 24 | Winchester, CA | 0.8 | 69♂ | Y | C, Be, Bt, Bl, Db, P |
| 25 | Winchester, CA | 0.8 | 46♀ | Y | C, Be, Bt, Bl, Db, H, N, Ft |
| 26 | Arcadia, FL | <0.2 | 38♀ | Y | Be, Bt, Bl |
| 27 | Arcadia, FL | <0.2 | 9♀ | N | Db, N, D |
| 28 | Arcadia, FL | <0.2 | 8♂ | N | C, Cn, Db |
| 29 | Greenland, NH | 0.2 | 53♀ | N | C, Cn, Db, H, N, D |
| 30 | Greenland, NH | 0.2 | 70♀ | N | C, Be, Bt, Cn, Nb |
| 31 | Greenland, NH | <0.1 | 32♀ | Y | Be, Bt, Bl, Cn, Db, H, N, F, Nb |
| 32 | Greenland, NH | <0.1 | 9♀ | N | C, Be, Cn, Db, N, D, F, Nb |
| 33 | Greenland, NH | <0.1 | 14♀ | N | Be, Bt, Cn, Db, N, D, F, Ft |
| 34 | Greenland, NH | <0.2 | 48♀ | Y | C, Be, Bt, Cn, Db, H, N, F, Ft |
| 35 | Greenland, NH | <0.2 | 26♂ | N | C, Cn, H, F |
| 36 | Waynesville, OH | 0.2 | 60♀ | N | C, Be, Bt, Bl, Db, S, R |
| 37 | Waynesville, OH | 0.1 | 78♂ | N | C, Db, S |
| 38 | Cedarville, ON | 0.2 | 51♂ | N | Be, Bt, Bl |
| 39 | Robesonia, PA | 0.2 | 15♂ | N | C, Cn, Db, P, H, Fv, F, Si, Ft |
| 40 | Robesonia, PA | 0.2 | 17♂ | N | C, Bt, Cn, H, S, Si, |
| 41 | Robesonia, PA | 0.2 | 46♂ | N | C, Bt, Si |
| 42 | Osceola Mills, PA | 0.8 | 11♂ | N | Be, Bt, Cn, H, Si, N, F, Ft |
| 43 | Guy, TX | 1.6 | 55♂ | N | Bt, Bl, Db |
| 44 | Guy, TX | 0.4 | 2♂ | N | C, Cn, Db, Si |
| 45 | Guy, TX | 0.4 | 67♀ | N | C, Be, Bt, Bl |
| 46 | Guy, TX | 0.4 | 9♂ | N | Be, Bl, Cn, N |
| 47 | Guy, TX | 0.4 | 6♀ | N | C, Cn, Be, Bt, Bl, N |
| 48 | Guy, TX | 0.4 | 68♂ | N | C, Be, Cn, N, S, Ft |
Residents complaining of adverse health effects from exposure to land-applied sewage sludge were surveyed at ten sites in North America to describe and document self-reported illnesses.
a (C) cough; (Be) burning eyes/(Bt)throat/(Bl)lungs; (H) headache; (Cn) congestion; (Db) difficulty breathing; (F) flu-like; (Fv) fever; (N) nausea/vomiting (D) diarrhoea; (S) sinusitis; (Si) staphylococcal infection (skin, oral cavity); (P) pneumonia; (R) skin rash; (Nb) nosebleed; (Ft) fatigue