What kind of jobs might expose me to substances that cause occupational asthma?

• If you are a spray painter, mechanic, work in a car assembly plant or plastics works, you could be exposed to isocyanates.
• If you work in a bakery or food processing plant, you could be exposed to flour dust.
• If you work on a farm, you could be exposed to grain dust.
• If you are a nurse, radiographer or darkroom technician, you could be exposed to glutaraldehyde.
• If you are a wood worker, you could be exposed to wood dust.
• If you are a nurse, doctor, dentist or work in a laboratory, you could be exposed to latex (in gloves).
• If you work in the electronics industry, you could be exposed to solder fume.
• If you work with animals.
• If you work in metal or electrical processing, the chemical industry, construction or mining, you could be exposed to resins and glues.

All these exposures can cause occupational asthma.