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    Black lung disease (BLD), also known as coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or simply black lung, is an occupational type of pneumoconiosis caused by long-term...
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  • Black lung may refer to: Black lung, or black lung disease, the common name for coalworker's pneumoconiosis, a disease caused by long-term exposure to...
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    Interstitial lung disease (ILD), or diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), is a group of respiratory diseases affecting the interstitium (the tissue)...
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  • Occupational lung diseases comprise a broad group of diseases, including occupational asthma, industrial bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
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    Pneumoconiosis (redirect from Welder's lung)
    miner's lung, black lung or anthracosis) – coal, carbon Aluminosis – Aluminium Asbestosis – asbestos Silicosis (also known as "grinder's disease" or Potter's...
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    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation...
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    and lung cancer. Causes include environmental pollution, certain medications, connective tissue diseases, infections, and interstitial lung diseases. But...
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    medical benefits to coal miners totally disabled from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) arising from employment in or around the nation's coal mines. The...
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  • Coal dust (category Occupational diseases)
    conclusions were ignored at the time. Coalworker's pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, is caused by inhaling coal dust, typically dust produced in coal...
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    Chronic lung diseases, such as pneumoconiosis (black lung) were once common in miners, leading to reduced life expectancy. In some mining countries black lung...
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  • keeps coal dust levels down, and also prevents the incidence of black lung disease. Rock dust has been used since the early 1900s, but technological...
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    responsible for human disease as they are able to penetrate deeply into the lungs. When such fibers reach the alveoli (air sacs) in the lung, where oxygen is...
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  • gained positive changes for the miners, including compensation for black lung disease. He had difficulty dealing with growing internal union opposition...
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    Lung infarction or pulmonary infarction occurs when an artery to the lung becomes blocked and part of the lung dies. It is most often caused by a pulmonary...
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    industrial water withdrawals. Additionally, black lung disease has been prevalent in the Appalachia region. This disease is common in coal workers due to the...
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    obstruction of the air passages by pus arising from lung infections caused by the smog. The lung infections were mainly bronchopneumonia or acute purulent...
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    The tissue of the lungs can be affected by a number of respiratory diseases, including pneumonia and lung cancer. Chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive...
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  • health of workers. Provide better ventilation systems to decrease black lung disease, and better drainage systems. Enforce safety laws and make it illegal...
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    ISSN 1468-0297. S2CID 7406965. "Black Lung Disease-Topic Overview". WebMD. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. "Black Lung". umwa.org. Archived from...
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  • vaping-associated lung injury (VALI) or e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (E/VALI), is an umbrella term, used to describe lung diseases associated...
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    Anthracite, also known as hard coal and black coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic lustre. It has the highest carbon content...
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    fibrosis of the lung parenchyma. Sarcoidosis of the lung is primarily an interstitial lung disease in which the inflammatory process involves the alveoli...
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    Asthma (redirect from Asthma (disease))
    inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. Asthma occurs when allergens, pollen, dust, or other particles, are inhaled into the lungs, causing the...
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    Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in...
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  • Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease." This project presented a medical history of black lung disease, demonstrating how it is not just...
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  • 38–44. doi:10.1021/ie50641a006. Creosote. US: Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry, Division of Toxicology, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public...
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    NOx Smog Sulfur dioxide Toxic heavy metals Coal mining Blackdamp Black lung disease Coal dust Coalfields Coal gas homogenization liquefaction mining disasters...
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    the absence of significant lung disease. A secondary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in the presence of existing lung disease. Smoking increases the risk...
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