silica dust

collocation in English

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silica
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsɪl.ɪ.kə/us
/ˈsɪl.ɪ.kə/
a mineral that exists in various forms, including sand, quartz, and flint, used to make glass ...
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dust
noun[U]
uk
/dʌst/us
/dʌst/
dry dirt in the form of powder that covers surfaces inside a building, or very small dry pieces of soil, sand, or ...
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(Definition ofsilicaanddustfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was probably only the fact that there was a risk of lead poisoning or the inhalation ofsilicadust.
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But, so far as this summary is concerned, the provision in which we are interested is that for the suppression ofsilicadust.
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The scheduling of silicosis was so restricted that it had to be affection of the lungs bysilicadust, hence the definition of silicosis.
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The only industries to which it has been applied are those which involve exposure tosilicadust.
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He and his friends worked a lot of the time in a cloud ofsilicadust.
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This mixture covers everything in an area up to about half a mile around the stack with a deposit of fine, dirtysilicadust.
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There might be somesilicadustfrom that.
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There is difficulty in proving the effects ofsilicadustupon the lungs.
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Asbestosis is not itself a prescribed disease, but falls within the definition of pneumoconiosis—fibrosis of the lungs due tosilicadust, asbestos dust or other dust.
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Silicosis is a fibrous disease of the lungs occasioned by the inhalation ofsilicadust.
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He was also an authority on the effects of pulmonary diseases, such as silicosis caused by inhalingsilicadust.
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A large number of the workers eventually died from silicosis, a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystallinesilicadust.
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His father suffered emphysema from inhaling asbestos andsilicadustat work.
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Gel cells addsilicadustto the electrolyte, forming a thick putty-like gel.
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Long-term inhalation ofsilicadustcauses silicosis, a fatal disease of the lungs.
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Thesilicadustproduced in the sandblasting process would cause silicosis after sustained inhalation of the dust.
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The cutting, breaking, crushing, drilling, grinding, or abrasive blasting of these materials may produce finesilicadust.
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Bags of silica sand used for sandblasting now carry labels warning the user to wear respiratory protection to avoid breathing the resulting finesilicadust.
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The results are shown in table 1 together with some physical properties of the silica dusts.
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