Explainer: what is silicosis and why is this old lung disease making a comeback?
- Written by Susan Miles, Respiratory, sleep and general physician and conjoint lecturer in medicine, University of Newcastle
You can barely see this construction worker for dust. His lack of protective face mask puts him at risk of silicosis and other lung diseases.Lamiot/Wikimedia, CC BY-SASilicosis is a group of occupational lung diseases caused by breathing in silica dust. It has been described since ancient times, when miners and stone cutters were exposed to dust...
