Topics on Work-Related Asthma

Asthma-Safer Building Materials

• Full Disclosure Required: A Strategy to Prevent Asthma Through Building Product Selection (PDF) – Healthy Building Network report, December 2013

Cleaning Products & Disinfectants

Fact Sheets & Booklets

• Cleaning Products and Work-Related Asthma: Information for Workers (PDF) | Spanish (PDF) | Chinese (PDF) | Korean (PDF) | Tagalog (PDF) | Vietnamese (PDF) – fact sheets, June 2017

• Cleaning Products and Work-Related Asthma (PDF) – fact sheet, February 2015

• Disinfectants and Work-Related Asthma: Information for Employers (PDF) – fact sheet, February 2017

• Disinfectants and Work-Related Asthma for Workers (PDF) | Spanish (PDF) | Chinese (PDF) | Korean (PDF) | Tagalog (PDF) | Vietnamese (PDF) - fact sheets, June 2017

Guidance & Reports

Produced by ​the Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program (WRAPP)

• Healthy Cleaning and Asthma-Safer Schools – A How-to Guide (PDF, 2.5MB) guidelines, October 2014 

Produced with WR​APP Contributions

• Safer Products and Practices for Disinfecting and Sanitizing Surfaces (PDF)  – San Francisco Department of the Environment report, April 2014

• Green Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting: A Toolkit for Early Care and Education – Collaborative to Improve Indoor Air Quality in Early Care and Education toolkit, 2013

• 2013 Update: Bleach-Free Disinfection and Sanitizing for Child Care – San Francisco Asthma Task Force report, January 2013

• Cleaning for Healthy Schools—Infection Control Handbook (PDF, 1.2MB) – National Cleaning for Healthy Schools and Infection Control Workgroup handbook, November 2010

• Greener School Cleaning Supplies = Fresh Air + Healthier Kids (PDF) – Environmental Working Group Cleaning in Schools report, November 2009

Webinar & Video

• Disinfecting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: What we need to know about the health effects of using chemicals to disinfect and best practices to minimize exposure – July 2020
  

• Video: Healthy Cleaning & Asthma-Safer Schools – October 2014
  

• Green Cleaning Webinar – webinar sponsored by Labor Occupational Health Program's School Action for Safety and Health (SASH) program, July 2013

Journal Articles

• Cleaning Products and Work-Related Asthma, 10 Year Update - journal article abstract, 2020
  

• How Bleach is Regulated – letter published in The Synergist, 2019
  

• Response to ‘Efficacy of Green Cleaning Products’ Article (PDF) – letter published in J. of Environmental Health, 2009

• Cleaning Products and Work-Related Asthma – journal article abstract, 2003

Newsletters & Announcements

• Certification Standards Help Employers and Cleaners Buy Safer Cleaning Products (PDF) – OHB announcement, July 2014

• Multilingual Worker Fact Sheets on Cleaning Products (PDF) – OHB newsletter, March 2013

• Buying Safer Cleaning Products (PDF) – OHB newsletter, February 2012

• Cleaning Products Can Cause Asthma (PDF) – OHB newsletter, November 2011

• Manteca Schools Make the Switch to Green Cleaners – Green Schools Initiative newsletter, September 2010

• California School District Cleans Up—With CLASS – Environmental Working Group enviroblog, April 2010

• Cleaning for Asthma-Safe Schools (PDF) – Coalition for Adequate School Housing newsletter, January 2010

• Newly Revised Green Seal™ Standard for Cleaning Products (PDF) – OHB announcement, September 2009

• Cleaning Products and Work-Related Asthma (PDF) – OHB newsletter, Summer 2004, Page 10

Fragrances

• Fragrances and Work-Related Asthma - topic page
  

• Volatile Chemical Emissions from Car Air Fresheners – journal article abstract, 2020
  

• Investigation into Potential for Employee Exposures to Essential Oils Used to Treat Patients at a California Surgery Center (PDF) – workplace investigation, 2019
  

• Fragrances and Work-Related Asthma–California Surveillance Data, 1993–2012 - journal article abstract, 2017

• Fragrances and Work-Related Asthma: Information for Workers (PDF)  | Spanish (PDF) | Chinese (PDF) | Korean (PDF) | Tagalog (PDF) | Vietnamese (PDF) – fact sheets, June 2017

• Workplace Fragrance-Free Policy (Word)  – model policy template, May 2015

Graffiti

• Removing Graffiti Safely (PDF)  – booklet, revised 2004

• Graffiti Removal Chemicals and Asthma (PDF) – OHB newsletter, Summer 2002, Page 10

Pool Chemicals 

• Pool Chemical Safety - topic page

• Protecting Pool Workers from Chemical Injuries & Illnesses (PDF) | Spanish | Chinese - booklet, August 2018
  

• Pool Chemical Safety: Be Safe at Work! (PDF) | Spanish | Chinese - workplace poster
  

• Pool Chemicals and Work-Related Asthma: Information for Workers (PDF) | Spanish (PDF) | Chinese (PDF) | Korean (PDF) | Tagalog (PDF) | Vietnamese (PDF) – fact sheet, April 2014

• Swimming Facilities and Work-Related Asthma – journal article abstract, 2014

• Preventing Asthma From Pool Chemicals – OHB newsletter, May 2014

Wood Dust

• Preventing Work-Related Asthma from Wood Dust Video​, 2024
  

• Wood Dust and Work-Related Asthma (PDF, 2MB) | Spanish (PDF, 2 MB) | Chinese (PDF, 14 MB) – booklet, 2017

• Wood Dust and Occupational Asthma (PDF) – OHB newsletter, Spring 2003, Page 5