{"id":25772,"date":"2026-08-14T14:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25772"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:42:35","slug":"silicosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/silicosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Silicosis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly 600 workers in California\u2019s engineered-stone countertop industry have been diagnosed with silicosis since 2019, due to the health risks posed by exposure to respirable crystalline silica during the cutting, grinding and polishing of artificial-stone slabs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Silicosis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>respiratory disease<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which causes a <\/span><b>hardening of the lungs.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Causes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is caused by <\/span><b>silica dust or silica crystals,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are found in soil, sand, concrete, mortar, granite, and artificial stone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>It is common in construction, mining, oil and gas extraction, kitchen e<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ngineering, dentistry, pottery, and sculpting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People working in these industries are often exposed to silica every day and are at higher risk of developing silicosis as a result.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Symptoms<\/strong>: The main <\/span><b>symptoms <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of silicosis are: a <\/span><b>persistent cough, persistent shortness of breath <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weakness, and tiredness, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Types of Silicosis:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Chronic silicosis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> results from <\/span><b>long-term exposure (more than 20 years) to low amounts of silica dust.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The silica dust causes <\/span><b>swelling in the lungs and chest lymph nodes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This disease may cause people to have <\/span><b>trouble breathing.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the <\/span><b>most common<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> form of silicosis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Accelerated silicosis <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">occurs after<\/span><b> exposure to larger amounts of silica over a shorter period of time (3 to 10 years).\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swelling in the lungs and symptoms occur faster than in simple silicosis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Acute silicosis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> results from <\/span><b>short-term exposure to very large amounts of silica.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> lungs become very inflamed and can fill with fluid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, causing severe shortness of breath and a low blood oxygen level.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Treatment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Silicosis is a <\/span><b>progressive disease and has no cure.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/us\/news\/nearly-600-california-workers-have-developed-an-incurable-lung-disease-while-making-quartz-countertops-since-2019-65-needed-lung-transplants-and-31-died\/articleshow\/133227305.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silicosis is a respiratory disease which causes a hardening of the lungs. 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