Black Lung Disease Or Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis
Work-place exposure to certain dusts such as asbestos fiber, silica, coal mine dust, aluminum, antimony, can lead to lung diseases, which are collectively known as pneumoconiosis. The three common pneumoconiosis include abestosis (caused by inhaling asbestos fibers), silicosis (caused by inhaling silica dust) and Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis or commonly known as black lung disease (caused by inhaling coal mine dust). There is also a form called mixed-dust pneumoconiosis. However, these lung diseases are not reported frequently. Here, we are going to talk about coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) in detail.
