CDC/NIOSH lists dust from green coffee beans among workplace triggers associated with work-related asthma and identifies plant-derived dust exposures as occupational asthma concerns.
Dust entry
Green coffee bean dust
Organic dust generated while handling, processing, grinding, or packaging green coffee beans.
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
work-related asthmaoccupational asthmaairway inflammationrespiratory symptomsallergic sensitization
Evidence
A NIOSH health-hazard evaluation states that the coffee industry has a known risk of occupational asthma in relation to green and roasted coffee dusts, and reports allergy findings in evaluated workers.
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The coffee industry has a known risk of occupational asthma in relation to green and roasted coffee dusts and castor bean dusts from contaminated shipping bags.
The UK HSE lists coffee bean dust from coffee-bean processing as a substance that can cause occupational asthma.
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Substances that can cause occupational asthma · 1
Substances that can cause occupational asthma · 1
Coffee bean dust — Dust from the processing of coffee beans.
Controls
- enclosed bean handling
- local exhaust ventilation
- dust collection
- exposure monitoring
- medical evaluation for work-related asthma
- appropriate respiratory protection