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asbestosisLung disease caused by long-term inhalation of asbestos fibres. A pneumoconiosis found primarily in asbestos workers, asbestosis is also seen in people living near asbestos industries. Fibres remain in the lungs and many years later cause extensive scarring and fibrosis. Shortness of breath and inadequate oxygenation result; advanced cases include a dry cough. There is no effective treatment. The associated increased cardiac effort may induce heart disease. Cigarette smoking greatly exacerbates its symptoms. Lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma are more common with asbestos inhalation and asbestosis. |
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By the early 20th century insurance companies recognized asbestos fabrication as among the occupations most dangerous to human health, and by the 1930s--that is to say, before the outbreak of World War II--workers' compensation systems listed asbestosis as a compensable condition. Another asbestos-related illness along side mesothelioma is asbestosis. The so-called "9/11 Bill" allows workers who later become ill with conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, asbestosis (a respiratory disease caused by inhaling asbestos fibers), mesothelioma (a form of cancer usually caused by previous exposure to asbestos), or cancer to file claims as "occupational diseases. |
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