Inhaled silica dust causes a progressive, suffocating lung disease

Evidence

Silicosis is an occupational lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust. It gets embedded in the lungs, causing fibrosis and impairing breathing. The effects of long-term exposure include chronic, dysfunctional coughing, and severe breathing difficulties, all of which greatly impede everyday life. Silicosis also increases the risk of developing tuberculosis. In the terminal phase, people die of suffocation. The sources of silica exposure include mechanical mining and tunneling, stonework, sand blasting, glassmaking, cement manufacturing, and building and road construction, among other occupations. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1791

Silicosis is an occupational lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust. It gets embedded in the lungs, causing fibrosis and impairing breathing. The effects of long-term exposure include chronic, dysfunctional coughing, and severe breathing difficulties, all of which greatly impede everyday life. Silicosis also increases the risk of developing tuberculosis. In the terminal phase, people die of suffocation. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1791

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• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1791