This disease, known as silicosis or "mal de mines", is the most common occupational disease in mining. From Wordnik.com. [2.1 Safety kit] Reference
This, too, is less than 1% of all the "silicosis" claims made in Texas. From Wordnik.com. [Why Doctors Are Heading for Texas] Reference
People would suffer from pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (or really what it is called "silicosis" LOL) and eventually die. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
In 1998, U.S. S.lica fielded 198 silicosis claims. From Wordnik.com. [He Fought the Tort Bar -- and Won] Reference
Makayi received R16,000 after he contracted silicosis. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He was retrenched in 2001 after contracting silicosis. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
And you have a very good point about the threat of silicosis. From Wordnik.com. ["The courage of the coward— greater than all others."] Reference
This year his company has been hit by only one silicosis claim. From Wordnik.com. [He Fought the Tort Bar -- and Won] Reference
Lung diseases similar to those miners get (fibrosis, silicosis). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
I wondered at the percentage of people in those towns with silicosis. From Wordnik.com. [Log of the Eclipse (11)] Reference
Silica dust in mines has caused silicosis or a lung disease in miners. From Wordnik.com. [Silicon] Reference
Inhaled siliceous granite dust causes a lung disease known as silicosis. From Wordnik.com. [2. QUARRYING] Reference
I wonder what the silicosis rating particulate pollution is this morning. From Wordnik.com. [Sunshine?] Reference
The two endemic hazards of the industry were silicosis and lead poisoning. From Wordnik.com. [The Marriage of Art and Technology in a Craft-Based Industry] Reference
AngloGold Ashanti: sued in South Africa over miners suffering from silicosis. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
Courted silicosis from the amount of winter dust stirred up by passing cars. From Wordnik.com. [Windy] Reference
"That stuff 'ud cause silicosis if we let it stay there, and breathed it later.". From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
Nonmalignant lung disease was also on the rise: silicosis, fibrosis, tuberculosis. From Wordnik.com. [Yellow Dirt] Reference
"This causes the famous silicosis that miners have," Rivadeneira said matter-of-factly. From Wordnik.com. [Government crackdown after mine collapse leaves other Chilean miners feeling left out in the cold] Reference
The nature of the dust consists mainly of silica which may ultimately develop silicosis or. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Pneumoconiosis silicosis is therefore a common health effect in coal miners (Jennings, 1998). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
A large number of men died from injuries, silicosis or kindred diseases; many more were maimed. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa - Chapter 13] Reference
Federal prosecutors continue to pursue a criminal probe into asbestos and silicosis litigation fraud. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial Bar on Trial] Reference
Everytime you drink soda from a can made of tin, a miner loses his lungs in a Bolivian mine from silicosis. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Under Fire, ABC Yanks Official Blog of 9/11 Docudrama] Reference
China doesn't have the asbestos or silicosis fiascos, ambulance chasers, hot coffee at McDonald's cases, etc. From Wordnik.com. [China Is One Extreme, U.S. Is Another] Reference
He added firmly: “No radio-active hazards but silicosis”—a lung disease linked to many forms of mining. From Wordnik.com. [Yellow Dirt] Reference
Silica was served with nearly 20,000 lawsuits claiming it had caused silicosis -- a serious, if rare, lung disease. From Wordnik.com. [He Fought the Tort Bar -- and Won] Reference
The PHS linked high radon levels in the mines to an increased risk of lung diseases: tuberculosis, fibrosis, silicosis. From Wordnik.com. [Yellow Dirt] Reference
Eight miners are seeking compensation for having contracted silicosis and phthisis during their employment on the company's mines. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It came out that two-thirds of those claiming to have silicosis had previously claimed to asbestosis -- a near medical impossibility. From Wordnik.com. [He Fought the Tort Bar -- and Won] Reference
Dr. Harron has stated in court that he "capitulated" to attorney demands that he include inaccurate language in his silicosis reports. From Wordnik.com. [The Silicosis Abdication] Reference
Unlike the silicosis doctors who did their own phony work, Dr. Kelly made the mistake of sending his clients to a hospital for X-rays. From Wordnik.com. [Michigan Malpractice] Reference
Inspectorate (MHSI) before Parliament's minerals and energy portfolio committee, mine doctors submitted 1031 cases of silicosis to the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
In addition, silicosis, unlike other forms of pneumoconiosis, may predispose certain individuals to development of pulmonary tuberculosis. From Wordnik.com. [Volcanic Ash -- Effects on Health and Mitigation Strategies] Reference
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