Cleaning agent exposures: are they really harmful to lung health?

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Chairs: D. Fishwick (Sheffield (South Yorkshire), United Kingdom), S. De Matteis (London, United Kingdom), F. De Blay (Strasbourg, France)
Aims: to present and discuss (i) what is known about the structure, function and toxicology of cleaning agent exposures, (ii) details on the epidemiology of lung diseases attributed to such exposures, (iii) strong and weak evidence of lung diseases' epidemiology attributed to cleaning agent exposures, (iv) links with asthma and COPD.

Cleaning agents: how they look like and how might they cause respiratory harm? B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium)
Cleaning agents and asthma: what does the epidemiology really tell us? J. Zock (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Cleaning agents and asthma: what does the evidence currently tell us about diagnosis and management of these cases? S. Burge (Solihull (West Midlands), United Kingdom)
Cleaning agents and chronic lung disease: does the evidence support a link with COPD? O. Dumas (Villejuif, France)