The WHO/NIOSH monograph identifies moldy malt dust exposure among brewery and farm workers and associates it with malt worker's lung, a hypersensitivity pneumonitis condition.
Source: WHO/NIOSH: WHO/NIOSH monograph on occupational respiratory diseases — malt dust ↗Dust entry
Malt dust
Organic dust generated during malt and barley handling in breweries and agricultural processing.
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
malt worker's lunghypersensitivity pneumonitisrespiratory irritationinterstitial lung inflammation
Evidence
Controls
- mold control
- enclosed malt handling
- local exhaust ventilation
- dust suppression
- exposure monitoring
- appropriate respiratory protection