Archive for the ‘Occupational Lung Disease’ Category

Occupational Cancer Causing Hazards

September 26, 2009 by Ann-Marie Waters · 2 Comments
Filed under: Occupational Lung Disease 

 
This article presents information on the types of carcinogens that one may be exposed to through their occupation. The ‘National Agency for Research on Cancer’ (IARC) has classified more than sixty disease causing carcinogens and there are at least 10,000 cases of cancer in males each year.
 

 
 
 The cancer which is most strongly linked to occupational [...]

Occupational Lung Disease

June 5, 2009 by Ann-Marie Waters · 3 Comments
Filed under: Occupational Lung Disease 

Exposure to dusts, gases, vapours and fumes at work can lead to the development of the following types of lung disease.

Acute bronchitis and even pulmonary oedema from irritants such as sulphur dioxide, chlorine, ammonia, or the oxides of nitrogen.

Pulmonary fibrosis due to mineral dust.
Occupational asthma, this is now the commonest industrial lung disease in the [...]