How to Use silicosis in a Sentence

silicosis

noun

• Jagged ash particles irritate the lungs and over the long term can lead to a disease known as silicosis.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 11 May 2018
• Diseases such as silicosis were common among the workers, and some died handling the stone blocks or the dynamite used to blast open the mountain.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2019
• Thanks to the fact that volcanic ash is made of silica, one of the most dangerous aspects of breathing in volcanic ash is silicosis.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2020
• Quartz miners have been known to come down with a condition known as silicosis, which can cause permanent lung damage.
  — John Wenz, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2018
• The law also refers to claims for very specific injuries — silicosis and pulmonary fibrosis — that are not at issue in this case.
  — CBS News, 30 May 2022
• The crystalline silica, which can exist in ash, can cause silicosis, a type of pulmonary fibrosis.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2022
• A second employee could not afford to see a doctor but also had symptoms of silicosis.
  — Audrey Dutton, idahostatesman, 19 May 2017
• The wife of one worker suspected silicosis, perhaps worsened by heavy smoking habits.
  — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
• Sand mining can also pose a human health risk in the form of silicosis, a lung disease caused by inhaling tiny, airborne silica particles.
  — Geoffrey Giller, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2019
• The new study confirms a rise in silicosis among quartz fabricators in California.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 25 July 2023
• Industry wants to kill the rule Silica dust exposure has been linked to silicosis — a chronic, incurable lung disease — for centuries, and the issue rose to national prominence in the 1930s.
  — Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2017
• Once inhaled, the mineral can cause lung cancer, kidney disease and silicosis, an incurable lung disease.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Sep. 2021
• Frank, meanwhile, said companies should be held responsible for cases of silicosis among their workforce.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 25 July 2023
• In 2009, Turkey banned sandblasting—the practice of spraying denim with sand to give it a fashionable distressed look—because workers were developing silicosis from breathing in sand.
  — National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2016
• As a healer, Mr. Dlamini became accustomed to the rattling, full-throttle cough of silicosis, a lung illness commonly contracted by miners.
  — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Feb. 2022
• Segura Meza had never heard of silicosis before he was diagnosed.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
• The ash contains tiny fragments that can damage lung tissue and cause respiratory illnesses, like silicosis.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
• Countless miners — almost all of them Black — suffered from silicosis and tuberculosis from their time spent toiling underground, looking for gold.
  — Longreads, 31 Mar. 2023
• Crystalline silica, a mineral present in the cement and other materials at batch plants, has been linked to lung disease, chronic respiratory problems and silicosis.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Sep. 2021
• Safety experts have urged a tightening of silica exposure standards since the 1970s because research shows that particles of the mineral, when inhaled, can cause silicosis, a disabling and sometimes fatal lung disease.
  — Barry Meier, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2016
• Injuries are common, and the constant breathing in of fine particles can lead to respiratory conditions like asthma, silicosis, and tuberculosis.
  — Jocelyn C. Zuckerman, Marie Claire, 16 Oct. 2018
• Wang was dedicated to helping construction workers dying of silicosis, or occupational lung disease.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2021
• This new policy will impede efforts to protect workers not only from Covid-19, but also from other occupational diseases, including tuberculosis, silicosis, and lead poisoning.
  — David Michaels, STAT, 24 Nov. 2020
• Authorities said Hall quickly developed silicosis from the unlicensed procedure.
  — Ken Daley, NOLA.com, 3 July 2017
• Labor California embraces emergency rules to protect countertop workers from incurable silicosis.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Sep 2024