Infobox Disease Name Asbestosis Image Asbestosis high mag.jpg Caption Micrograph of asbestosis showing ... 000118 eMedicineSubj med eMedicineTopic 171 eMedicine mult eMedicine2 radio 52 MeshID D001195 Asbestosis ... asbestosis. ref name Becklake cite journal author Becklake MR title Asbestos related diseases of the lung ... PDF accessdate 2009 12 20 Dead link date September 2010 bot H3llBot ref Asbestosis specifically ... and symptoms The signs and symptoms of asbestosis do not manifest until after an appreciable latency ... cgi pmidlookup?view long&pmid 15355871 ref The primary symptom of asbestosis is generally ... location Berlin year 2004 isbn 0 387 20090 8 ref Clinically advanced cases of asbestosis may lead ... pulmonary function finding in asbestosis is a restrictive ventilatory defect. ref ... KH, Warshaw RH title Airways obstruction from asbestos exposure. Effects of asbestosis and smoking ... 10028894 ref In addition to a restrictive defect, asbestosis may produce reduction in diffusing capacity diffusion capacity and arterial hypoxemia. Pathogenesis Asbestosis is the scarring of lung .... ref name Icon Guide cite book title Asbestosis A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, And Annotated ... 2 2 S S.jpg thumb Close up asbestosis right lower zone ILO 2 2 S S Image Early Asbestosis in a Retired Pipe Fitter.jpg thumb right Lateral Chest X ray in asbestosis shows plaquing of the Thoracic diaphragm ... criteria for asbestosis are Evidence of structural pathology consistent with asbestosis, as documented ... fibrosis as well as any underlying pleural changes . More than 50 of people affected with asbestosis ..., the radiographic findings in asbestosis may slowly progress or remain static, even in the absence ... diagnosis. Asbestosis resembles many other diffuse interstitial lung diseases, including other ... of asbestos bodies is most likely not asbestosis. ref name ATS 2004 Asbestos bodies in the absence of fibrosis indicate exposure, not disease. Treatment There is no curative treatment for asbestosis ... more details
White lung or white lung syndrome may refer to Acute respiratory distress syndrome Asbestosis Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis see List of OMIM disorder codes White Lung band , a Canadian punk rock group disambig ... more details
Image ferruginous body.jpg thumb right Ferruginous bodies . H&E stain . A ferruginous body plural pl. ferruginous bodies , is a histopathology histopathologic finding in interstitial lung disease suggestive of significant asbestos exposure asbestosis . They appear as small brown nodules in the septum of the alveolus . Ferruginous bodies are typically indicative of asbestos inhalation when the presence of asbestos is verified they are called asbestos bodies . In this case they are fibers of asbestos coated with an iron rich material derived from proteins such as ferritin and hemosiderin . ref http www.agu.org revgeophys guthri01 node6.html Formation of ferruginous bodies Bot generated title ref Ferruginous bodies are believed to be formed by macrophages that have phagocytized and attempted to digest the fibers. Additional images gallery Image Asbestosis high mag.jpg Micrograph of asbestosis with prominent ferruginous bodies . H&E stain . gallery References reflist Eponymous medical signs for circulatory and respiratory systems Category Histopathology med stub ... more details
Barking cough can mean The Barking cough is symptoms of asbestosis among the population of and around the former Cape Asbestos factory in Barking , east London http businessdailyreview.com world news teasers top stories asbestos a shameful legacy.html . The factory closed in 1968. A harsh cough that sounds somewhat like a dog barking disambig ... more details
Banton may refer to Places Banton, Romblon , a 5th class municipality in the province of Romblon in the Philippines Banton Island , where the above municipality is located Banton, North Lanarkshire , a village near the town of Kilsyth, Scotland People Bernie Banton , Australian asbestosis victims campaigner Buju Banton , Jamaican dancehall deejay and singer Burro Banton , Jamaican dancehall deejay Joab H. Banton 1869 1949 , New York lawyer Pato Banton , British reggae singer and deejay disambig de Banton pt Banton ... more details
Wittenoom may refer to People John Burdett Wittenoom senior 1788 1855 , colonial chaplain of the Swan River Colony Charles Wittenoom senior 1824 1866 , fifth son of John Burdett snr . Sir Edward Wittenoom Edward Horne Wittenoom 1854 1936 , pastoralist and politician in Western Australia. Son of Charles snr . Frank Wittenoom 1855 1939 , pastoralist in Western Australia. Son of Charles snr . Charles Wittenoom 1879 1969 , pastoralist and politician in Western Australia. Son of Sir Edward. Places Wittenoom, Western Australia , a ghost town in northern Western Australia, abandoned after the effects of asbestosis were realised. disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Main Article Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD Occupational lung diseases are a branch of occupational disease s concerned primarily with work related exposures to harmful substances, be they dusts or gases, and the subsequent pulmonary disorders that may occur as a result. Substances known to cause lung disease include coal dust, Asbestos , Silicon which is usually in the form of quartz and Barium . Examples Pneumoconiosis Asbestosis Baritosis Bauxite fibrosis Berylliosis Caplan s syndrome Chalicosis Coalworker s pneumoconiosis black lung Siderosis Silicosis Byssinosis Hypersensitivity pneumonitis Bagassosis Bird fancier s lung Farmer s lung Respiratory pathology Aspects of occupations DEFAULTSORT Occupational Lung Disease Category Lung disorders ... more details
Infobox Disease Name PAGENAME Image Fe TableImage.png Caption Iron DiseasesDB ICD10 ICD10 J 63 4 j 60 ICD9 ICD9 503 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D012806 Siderosis is the deposition of iron in tissue. When used without qualification, it usually refers to an environmental disease of the lung . Also Siderosis Bulbi, deposition of iron into the eye causing injury as the material chemically reacts with tissues and cells. Causative agent Iron oxide present in welding material, foundries, iron ore mining. It can also be caused by powdered hematite , sometimes used by Egyptians to protect tombs. Pathophysiology Similar in pathophysiology to Asbestosis See also Iron overload disorder Hemosiderosis External links GPnotebook 1972699106 Respiratory pathology Category Iron metabolism Category Lung diseases due to external agents disease stub da Siderose de Siderose fr Sid rose maladie pt Siderose ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article Nellie Kershaw Description Head and shoulder photograph of Nellie Kershaw Source http blogs.mirror.co.uk asbestos campaign css Nellie Kershaw 140309.jpg blogs.mirror.co Portion No Low resolution Yes Purpose To illustrate an original encyclopedic article about the life and historically significant death of the subject, on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. The image is used to illustrate to a reader the visage of Nellie Kershaw, the first person in the world to be officially recognised as a victim of asbestosis , and whose death gave the disease its name. Replaceability No other information The photograph is believed to have been taken approximately 100 years ago, and given the circumstances of her life is almost certainly the only photograph ever taken of her. No further free image is likely to be created as the subject has been deceased since 1924. It lacks significant creative elements. Licensing Non free fair use in Nellie Kershaw Licensing Non free historic image ... more details
Infobox Disease Name Pneumoconiosis Image Asbestosis high mag.jpg Caption Micrograph of asbestosis with ferruginous bodies , a type of pneumoconiosis . H&E stain . DiseasesDB 31746 ICD10 ICD10 J 60 j 60 ICD10 J 65 j 60 ICD9 ICD9 500 ICD9 505 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D011009 Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease and a restrictive lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust, often in mines. Types Depending upon the type of dust, the disease is given different names Coalworker s pneumoconiosis also known as black lung or anthracosis coal , carbon Asbestosis asbestos Silicosis also known as grinder s disease or Potter s rot silica Bauxite fibrosis bauxite Berylliosis beryllium Siderosis iron Byssinosis cotton Silicosiderosis mixed dust containing silica and iron Labrador Lung found in miners in Labrador , Canada mixed dust containing iron, silica and anthophyllite , a type of asbestos Diagnosis Positive indications on patient assessment Shortness of breath Chest X ray may show a characteristic patchy, subpleural, bibasilar interstitial infiltrates or small cystic radiolucencies called honeycombing Pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in rheumatoid arthritis patients is known as Caplan s syndrome . ref Andreoli, Thomas, ed. CECIL Essentials of Medicine. Saunders Pennsylvania, 2004. p. 737. ref Other work related lung diseases Bronchiolitis obliterans Popcorn workers lung Popcorn workers lung disease Diacetyl emissions and airborne dust from butter flavorings used in microwave popcorn production Popular culture references In the classic British film Brief Encounter 1945 , derived from a Noel Coward play, housewife Laura Celia Johnson and physician Alec Trevor Howard begin an affair. She is desperately mesmerized in a train station lounge by his evocation of his passion for pneumoconioses small Laura You were saying about the coal mines Alec Oh yes, the inhalation of coal dust That s one specific ... more details
Baljit Singh Chadha , Queen s Privy Council for Canada PC born 1952 is president and founder of Balcorp Limited, an international trade and marketing firm. He is also a well known Philanthropy philanthropist and a leader of the Sikh community in Canada . Chadha immigrated to Canada in 1973 from India to study business administration. He remained and founded Balcorp in 1976, building it into a 50 million concern with offices in Montreal , New Delhi and Mumbai . His international trading company has varied interests that include agricultural food products, processed foods, forestry products, and minerals. Chadha s company sells asbestos to India and other countries in the developing world where many of the workers later develop asbestosis and mesothelioma. The European Union has banned asbestos. Reputable medical organizations throughout the world, including the World Health Organization, the Canadian Medical Association, and the Canadian Cancer Society, have condemned the use of any form of asbestos, chrysotile included. In 2003, Chadha was appointed by Prime Minister of Canada Prime Minister Jean Chr tien to the Security Intelligence Review Committee as well as to the Queen s Privy Council for Canada . External links http www.nriinternet.com Section3Who WhoCanada ENTREPRENEURS Baljit Chadha 1 CHADHA.htm Article http www.thestar.com news gta article 742991 meet quebec s mr asbestos Toronto Star Article mentioning Baljit Chadhas Association with Asbestos Category Canadian businesspeople Chadha, Baljit Singh Category Canadian Sikhs Chadha, Baljit Singh Category Indian emigrants to Canada Chadha, Baljit Singh Category Members of the Queen s Privy Council for Canada Chadha, Baljit Singh Category 1952 births Category Living people Chadh, Baljit Category Canadian people of Indian descent Chadh, Baljit Category Place of birth missing living people Category Punjabi people ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2011 Hazards is the only independent, union friendly magazine to win major international awards Citation needed date May 2011 . A recurring theme in the magazine is that workplace unions are the best hope for better, safer work and Hazards says it provides the information and resources to make the union job easier. Hazards looks behind the company safety hype, and gives union answers to workplace problems. Using its global network of union safety correspondent Hazards aims to provide readers with best information available anywhere. Hazards is the winner of The Work Foundation Workworld Media Award 2007 and 2008 for online journalism. The judges said Hazards is so good that it not only renders the material detailed and probing, but also lively and gutsy as well. In 2008, US business magazine EHS Today named Hazards editor Rory O Neill one of the 50 most influential health and safety leaders of the last decade. Hazards has jointly developed a Health and Safety NewsWire with LabourStart which gives news headlines on unions website as an RSS feed. See also Portal Organized labour Occupational safety and health ACGIH Asbestosis Compensation and Liability Disputes Participatory Ergonomics Ergonomics External links http www.hazards.org Hazards magazine http www.hazardscampaign.org.uk direct dirindex.htm Hazards campaign groups directory http www.tuc.org.uk h and s index.cfm Britain TUC safety page http www.usmwf.org USA United Support & Memorial For Workplace Fatalities Category British political magazines Category Occupational safety and health journals Europe poli mag stub UK mag stub ... more details
Infobox Disease Name PAGENAME Image Pulmonary talcosis low mag cropped.jpg Caption Pulmonary talcosis. H&E stain . DiseasesDB 34117 ICD10 ICD10 J 62 0 j 60 ICD9 ICD9 502 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID Pulmonary talcosis , less specifically referred to as talcosis , is a pulmonary disorder caused by talc . It has been related to silicosis resulting from inhalation of talc and silicates. It is also tied to heroin use where talc might be used as an adulterant to increase weight and street value. ref http books.google.com books?id OHW y6G7AWAC&pg PA934&lpg PA934&dq talcosis heroin use&source bl&ots zOfJgMZR s&sig D7SQafkS7zzJuIj2PDsrwcQ4pe0&hl en&ei uVjLSvqjMYeQtgeiwOzxAQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 10 v onepage&q talcosis 20heroin 20use&f false ...For example, the injection of talc diluted heroin causes talcosis... Obstetric anesthesia principles and practice. By David H. Chestnut ref It is one of several noted associations and possible risks of heroin use. ref name pmid6655726 Cite journal last1 Davis first1 LL. title Pulmonary mainline granulomatosis talcosis secondary to intravenous heroin abuse with characteristic x ray findings of asbestosis. journal J Natl Med Assoc volume 75 issue 12 pages 1225 8 month Dec year 1983 doi PMID 6655726 pmc 2561715 pmid 6655726 ref References reflist 2 Category Lung diseases due to external agents medicine stub Respiratory pathology it Talcosi sl Talkoza ... more details
, Dr Cooke gave the disease the name by which it is still known pulmonary asbestosis . ref name ... HMSO , 1930. ref It concluded that the development of asbestosis was irrefutably linked to the prolonged ..., which found that 66 of those employed for 20 years or more suffered from asbestosis. ref name gee The report ... more details
, silica .The condition occurs in miners especially those working in anthracite coal mines , asbestosis ... , and non organ specific antibodies may be present in the serum. Silicosis and asbestosis must be considered ... more details
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For the medical condition Fibromyalgia Image Fibro.JPG thumb 300px A pre WW2 house in Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin . The roof is sheeted with corrugated fibro sheets and the walls with flat fibro sheeting, with fibro cover battens over the joints. Image Corrugated fibro roofing.jpg thumb 300px Roof sheeting, known as Hardies super six. Image Asbestos fibres.JPG thumb 300px Exposed asbestos fibres on weathered Super Six hip flashing. Image Fibro cutter.jpg thumb 300px A tool used for cutting flat fibro sheets, a fibro cutter. Image White pipe.jpg thumb right 300px White pipe or asbestos cement pipe used for DWV application in Ontario , Canada . Image White pipe hanging.jpg thumb right 300px White pipe used as rainwater leader in abandoned construction site in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Fibro , the shortened form of Fibrous Cement or Fibrous Asbestos Cement , FAC, is a building material made of compressed fibres cemented into rigid sheets. ref http www.baalliance.com.au glossary.htm B.A.Group Glossary Bot generated title ref While Fibro has been used in a number of countries, it is in Australia where its use was the most widespread. Manufactured and sold by James Hardie until the mid 1980s Fibro in all its forms was a very popular building material. The fibres involved were almost always Asbestos based. The use of Fibro has since been Asbestos and the law banned in several countries , including Australia itself, due to its high asbestos content. Asbestos is directly related to a number of deadly disease including, asbestosis , pleural pleural mesothelioma lung and peritoneal mesothelioma abdomen . Products used in the building industry Flat sheets for house walls and ceilings were usually 6 mm and 4.5 mm thick, in 900 and 1200 widths and from 1800 to 3000 long. Battens 50 mm wide x 8 mm thick. Used to cover the joints in the sheets. Super Six corrugated roof sheeting and fencing. Internal wet area sheeting, Tilux Pipes of various sizes for water and drainage ... more details
The Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales was established on 21 July 1989 as a specialist court to deal with claims made for dust related illnesses. The tribunal deals with claims relating to death or personal injury resulting from certain dust diseases and other dust related conditions. History The tribunal was established to provide a specilalist jurisdiction to deal quickly and compassiately with victims of dust related injuries. Dust diseases affect the respiratory system and may take up to thirty years to become manifest. However, once a disease takes hold, sufferers usually need to have their case heard quickly. Prior to the establishment of the tribunal, claims for dust related diseases were heard in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the District Court of New South Wales . Following representations made by various trade unions to the New South Wales Parliament that many members were dying before their claims were heard, the tribunal was established. The first case was heard in the tribunal on 1 November 1989. Jurisdiction The tribunal is established under the Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 NSW . It is an inferior court and it is a court of record . An appeal may lie to the Court of Appeal of New South Wales in certain circumstances. It has exclusive jurisdiction to deal with claims for injuries arising out of the diseases such as ICD 10 Chapter X Diseases of the respiratory system aluminosis , asbestosis , asbestos induced carcinoma , asbestos related pleural disease, bagassosis , berylliosis , byssinosis , coal dust pneumoconiosis , farmers lung , hard metal pneumoconiosis, pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma , silicosis , silico tuberculosis and talcosis. It also has jurisdiction over any other pathological condition of the lungs, pleura or peritoneum that is attributable to dust. In certain circumstances, dependents may also sue in the tribunal. There is a President of the tribunal appointed by the Governor of New South Wales . The governor may ... more details
2002 Royal & Sun Alliance became involved in litigation over claims for injury arising from asbestosis ... issued insurance certificates to asbestos manufacturer Turner & Newall but excluded cover for asbestosis ..., that Turner & Newall was instead self insured against asbestosis and should therefore be responsible ... also excluded other asbestos related disease such as asbestosis and peritoneal mesothelioma ... to wriggle out of its liability. ref Cite news title Insurers accused of shirking liability to asbestosis ... more details
, mainly in individually brought cases for terminal cases of asbestosis and cancers. Background ... on Asbestos. Retrieved 15 April 2006. ref Asbestosis A lung disease first found in textile workers ... ref Selikoff, I.J. et al., The occurrence of asbestosis among insulation workers in the United States. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences., 132, pp139 155, 1966 ref asbestosis is a scarring of the lung .... title Asbestosis, pleural plaques and diffuse pleural thickening three distinct benign responses to asbestos ... asbestosis or mesothelioma, but is also considered a disease closely linked to the inhalation of asbestos ... 2010 a court ruling set a new precedent for Asbestosis claims. ref cite web url http www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... following her husband s death from Asbestosis, hinged on the issue of how many asbestos ... http blog.pannone.com personal injury pannones landmark legal victory for widow on asbestosis case 349 title Pannone s Landmark Legal Victory for Widow on Asbestosis case accessdate 2010 01 03 date ... Asbestos Convention, 1986 Asbestos fibers Asbestos Strike Asbestosis Celotex Corp. v. Catrett col ... bulla en.pdf Asbestosis in Germany http www.hse.gov.uk asbestos index.htm British Government Health ...?mins 262 Health and Safety Asbestosis TUC Resources, UK http ec.europa.eu research success ... more details
Infobox disease Name Occupational disease Image Caption DiseasesDB ICD10 ICD9 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D009784 An occupational disease is any chronic ailment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity. It is an aspect of occupational safety and health . An occupational disease is typically identified when it is shown that it is more prevalent in a given body of workers than in the general population, or in other worker populations. Occupational hazards that are of a traumatic nature such as falls by roofers are not considered to be occupational diseases. Under the law of workers compensation in many jurisdictions, there is a presumption that specific disease are caused by the worker being in the work environment and the burden is on the employer or insurer to show that the disease came about from another cause. Diseases compensated by national workers compensation authorities are often termed occupational diseases. However many countries do not offer compensations for certain diseases like musculoskeletal disorders caused by work e.g. in Norway .Therefore the term work related diseases is utilized to describe diseases of occupational origin. This term however would then include both compensable and non compensable diseases that have occupational origins. Examples Some well known occupational diseases include Lung diseases Main Occupational lung disease Occupational lung diseases include asbestosis among asbestos miners and those who work with friable asbestos insulation, as well as black lung coalworker s pneumoconiosis among coal miner s, and byssinosis among workers in parts of the cotton textile industry. Occupational asthma has a vast number of Occupational asthma Occupations at risk occupations at risk . Bad indoor air quality may predispose for diseases in the lungs as well as in other parts of the body. Skin diseases Occupational skin diseases and conditions are generally caused by chemicals and having wet hands ... more details
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