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Silicosis: Learn the Facts
Silicosis is a disabling and often fatal lung disease caused by breathing dust that has very small pieces of crystalline silica in it. Crystalline silica is found in concrete, masonry, sandstone, rock, paint, and other abrasives. The cutting, breaking, crushing, drilling, grinding, or abrasive blasting of these materials may produce fine silica dust. It can also be in soil, mortar, plaster, and shingles. The very small pieces of silica dust get in the air that you breathe and become trapped in your lungs. Even the very small pieces of dust that you cannot see will harm you. As the dust builds up in your lungs, the lungs are damaged and it becomes harder to breathe.
Silicosis: Learn the Facts
Silicosis is a disabling and often fatal lung disease caused by breathing dust that has very small pieces of crystalline silica in it. Crystalline silica is found in concrete, masonry, sandstone, rock, paint, and other abrasives. The cutting, breaking, crushing, drilling, grinding, or abrasive blasting of these materials may produce fine silica dust. It can also be in soil, mortar, plaster, and shingles. The very small pieces of silica dust get in the air that you breathe and become trapped in your lungs. Even the very small pieces of dust that you cannot see will harm you. As the dust builds up in your lungs, the lungs are damaged and it becomes harder to breathe.
Silicosis: Learn the Facts
2004
24 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental Health & Safety , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Job Environment , Silicosis , Construction industry , Abrasive blasting , Lung diseases , Occupational safety and health , Respiratory system disorders , Workplace environments , Silica dust , Risk factors , Occupational exposure , Prevention , Crystalline silica
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