The WHO/NIOSH monograph identifies cheese mold dust among cheese workers as an exposure associated with cheese worker's lung, a hypersensitivity pneumonitis condition.
Source: WHO/NIOSH: WHO/NIOSH monograph on occupational respiratory diseases — cheese mold dust ↗Dust entry
Cheese-mold dust
Mold-containing particulate generated during cheese processing and handling.
Airborne form
dust
The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.
Health effects
cheese worker's lunghypersensitivity pneumonitisrespiratory inflammationoccupational respiratory disease concern
Evidence
Controls
- mold control
- enclosed cheese handling
- local exhaust ventilation
- dust collection
- exposure monitoring
- appropriate respiratory protection