Silica-Related Disease: It’s Not Just Silicosis

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• Personal Author:
  Rice, Faye L.
• Description:
  Silicosis is one of the oldest and best-known occupational diseases. Recognized since ancient times, cases of this incurable, but preventable, fibrotic lung disease have been identified in many countries and in many occupational settings and cases continue to be found in developed and less-developed countries. However, research studies published in the last century pointed to other diseases in workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust. The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted a review of the large body of international health-related silica literature and published the results in 2002. NIOSH found that occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica is associated with the development of several diseases including silicosis, and may be related to the development of others. The results of the NIOSH review were incorporated into the WHO Concise International Chemical Assessment Document (CICAD) on quartz. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Irritants Kidney Diseases Lung Lung Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Compounds Silicon Dioxide Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System

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• Keywords:
  Kidney-disorders Lung-cancer Nephrological-disorders Occupational-hazards Occupational-respiratory-disease Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Silica-dusts Silicon-compounds Silicosis
• Publisher:
  World Health Organization
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter ; Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6-7
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031954
• Citation:
  GOHNET Newsletter 2007 Mar; (12):6-7
• Email:
  flr2@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silicon (CAS RN 7440-21-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The Global Occupational Health Network
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3d8c5a432679e7da3e123c6173592f1efc4138579b75418e3a55769cfce5aa6d4d95793568421e308114c672d2a671101ba6889d2f11c1776cfc7affccfc96c3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186062/cdc_186062_DS1.pdf
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