CDC/NIOSH lists pollen among work-related asthma exposures and identifies it as a workplace allergen that can cause or trigger asthma; this record describes airborne pollen particulate and does not imply that every pollen exposure produces disease.
Dust entry
Plant-pollen particulate
Airborne pollen and plant-allergen particulate encountered in animal-health, agricultural, and other plant-handling work; included here as airborne particulate rather than mineral dust.
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 asthmaallergic respiratory symptomsrespiratory sensitization
Evidence
Controls
- exposure assessment
- source control
- ventilation and filtration
- medical evaluation for work-related asthma
- appropriate respiratory protection