Silicosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis: Bilateral symmetric hilar adenopathy is usually associated with diffuse nodular or reticulonodular disease in both lungs in silicosis and coal workers ...

Common forms of pneumoconiosis are asbestosis, silicosis, mixed-dust pneumoconiosis, and byssinosis, and they all are considered occupational lung diseases. 4-7 One of the most well-known types of ...

The harms of silica have been known since at least the 1930s, when the Department of Labor led a campaign to “Stop Silicosis,” a pneumoconiosis associated with inhaling silica dust.

Pneumoconiosis is a lung disease that affects miners, builders, and other workers who breathe in certain kinds of dust on the job. Over time, the dust gathers in your lungs, and you may find it ...

The NBC4 I-Team and Telemundo 52 Investiga have been looking into the increasing number of silicosis cases in California. Silicosis is a lung disease affecting stone-cutting workers working with ...

Although coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) is caused by dust inhalation inside and around coal mines, other contributing factors such as geological and mining parameters, mining technology ...