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organic dust

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organic dust,
dried particles of plants, animals, fungi, or bacteria that are fine enough to be windborne. Many kinds of organic dust cause various respiratory disorders if inhaled. See also asthma, bagassosis, byssinosis, hay fever.


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When the moldy surface contains lots of dust particles, bleach goes on oxidizing the organic dust particles leaving molds and mildews untouched.
Respiratory diseases due to organic dust from field preparation and harvesting, dust mites, molds and other organic antigens, as well as smoke from burning rice stubble are also common in the developing countries.
Sometimes such articles site cases where industry workers were made ill by toxic mold exposure after working around clouds of organic dust and mold spores for extended periods of time, such conditions contain millions of spores per cubic meter or air as opposed to the hundreds or thousands of spores encountered in most moldy homes and offices.
 
 
 
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