| Industry/Job Type | Causative Agent/s |
|---|---|
| Animal handlers: laboratory/farm/butcher | Animal protein (muscle, dander, urine, secretion) insects, moulds, mites |
| Bakers, millers, farmers | Flour, grain, soybean, sesame seed, amylase, mites, moulds, weevil |
| Clothing, textile | wool, silk, reactive dyes, amines, enzymes, vegetable gums |
| Detergent manufacture | Enzymes |
| Food processors | Seafood, sulphites, flour, spices, egg protein, lactalbumin, coffee, tea, garlic, mushroom |
| Foundries | Resins, isocyanates |
| Furniture, cabinetry, sawmills | Wood dust, urea formaldehyde |
| Hairdressing | Persulphates, henna, sericin, vegetable gums |
| Horticulture, florists, forestry | Flowers, grass, seeds, moulds, insects, pesticide |
| Hospital, medical laboratories, dental | Latex, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, mercury, acrylates |
| Metal refining, plating, grinding | Platinum salts, chrome, nickel, cobalt, vanadium, mineral oils |
| Pharmaceutical manufacture, mixing | Antibiotics, enzymes |
| Plastics, rubber, adhesives: manufacture/forming/application |
Isocyanates, anhydrides, amines, acrylates, epoxy resins |
| Printing | Vegetable gums |
| Printing | Vegetable gums |
| Spraypainting, coating | Isocyanates, hardening agents, amines |
| Welding | Fluxes, metal fumes |
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