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cotton dust

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United States Supreme Court

dust present in the air during the handling or processing of cotton, which may contain a mixture of many substances including ground up plant matter, fiber, bacteria, fungi, soil, pesticides, non-cotton plant matter and other contaminants which may have accumulated with the cotton during the growing, harvesting and subsequent processing or storage periods.

Defined by the Supreme Court in American Textile Manufacturers Institute Inc v. J Donovan, 452 U.S. 490 (1981).