Silicosis kills.

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• Personal Author:
  Hammond TP ; Lemen RA
• Description:
  The prevalence of silicosis among the world's workforce was discussed, and the actions which should be taken to prevent silicosis were presented. The cause, breathing fine particles of crystalline silica (14808607) which then become trapped in the lungs, making breathing difficult, has been known for centuries. There is no known cure and the only know treatment is a lung transplant, which is very expensive and high risk. Limitations in reporting systems and data collection made it impossible to know for certain how many workers have been victims of this preventable disease. Workers involved in mining, quarrying, stone cutting, construction, production of glass, ceramics, foundry molds, farming, dry wall finishers, pharmaceutical employees, and tobacco product manufacturing workers are all at risk of silicosis. NIOSH recommends that all forms of silica exposure be reduced to a concentration below 50 micrograms per cubic meter as a time weighted average for a 10 hour workday and a 40 hour working week. Good work practices must be followed along with better management and worker training programs. Materials used must be labeled correctly. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Construction Industry Dust Lung Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Respiratory-system-disorders; Lung-function; Silica-dusts; Occupational-exposure; Mineral-dusts; Airborne-dusts; Dust-inhalation; Mining-industry; Construction-workers
• ISSN:
  0043-8502
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  22-23
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00232404
• Citation:
  World Health 1992 Nov; :22-23
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  World Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243461/cdc_243461_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]