In this note you will learn about one of the most dangerous of all occupational diseases: pneumoconiosis. You will learn its definition, symptoms, treatments and current expectations of life from the moment the disease is detected. Similarly, you will know how we can prevent this dangerous disease in the future.

The aetiology of pneumoconiosis, morphology and different types including coal workers' pneumoconiosis, silicosis and asbestosis.

Anita Wolfe is a public health analyst and the program coordinator for the Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program, located in Morgantown, W.Va. She has worked for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for the past 33 years and has lived in West Virginia all of her life. In response to the rise in black lung disease, she and co-workers started traveling in a mobile clinic to to conduct black lung screenings in the coalfields. Last summer, she traveled to McDowell County and served residents in Iaeger and Northfork. Learn more about Anita and and McDowell County at hollowdocumentary.com.

A group of Chinese factory workers, all suffering from the deadly lung disease pneumoconiosis, are sacked by their boss with no compensation. They appeal to the government for help but are rebuffed. In the end they hire a layer to get their jobs back and also file a criminal lawsuit against their former boss for endangering their health and livelihood. It will be the first lawsuit of its kind in China.

Silicosis - A Preventable Disease program will help you recognize the hazards of working with silica. Silicosis is a form of pneumoconiosis, which means dust in the lungs, in this case, silica dust in the lungs. It will also explain how your lungs and respiratory system are affected by exposure to silica dust and will also describe the different types of silicosis and methods of protection and prevention. 1038HE - Digital 2000 Safety Training - Video Preview Interested in purchasing the entire safety training video? digital-2000.com/silicosis-a-preventable-disease-safety-video.html

According to official figures, more than 20,000 Chinese workers were diagnosed with pneumoconiosis last year. This is double the figure from three years ago, but still only represents the tip of the iceberg. At a conservative estimate, there are more than one million people in China today suffering from this deadly lung disease. The vast majority of the individual tragedies are unknown because the victims themselves have no voice and the authorities are reluctant to help. This is the story about a group of workers, who decided to make their voice heard, and stand up for their rights and the rights of their fellow victims. Shoot by Matt. M on Canon 5D Mark II Edit by Matt. M Music by Wu Fei and Andrew Gerlicher Subtitle by Nathan.H

This story tells what happened when a film crew travelled to the remote southwest of China to make a documentary about a group of miners suffering from the deadly lung disease, pneumoconiosis.The workers were demanding compensation from the government, who was determined to keep them quiet. Betrayed by a suspected 'informer' among the miners, the crew was under close surveillance and eventually detained. Through the lens of the filmmaker, we get a glimpse of how labour activists are challenging the status quo and making a difference in China.

Jiang had worked as a coal miner since 1997 in Guangdong Shaoguan, Guizhou Liupanshui, Jiangxi and Yunnan. He was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis Stage III in 2008. Now his health condition no longer allows him to do heavy works. With his son and daughter in high school, the family now is struggling. Jiang does all he can and makes ends meet by raising sheep. He also hopes to encourage the villagers to start raising sheep for a living so the people around will not repeat their fates.

“That we met is fate. That I got this disease...is our destiny.” - He Quangui (1973 – 2015) to his wife Mi Shixiu, b. 1977 *********** A COFFIN sat in a corner of He Quangui’s spartan earthern house, shrouded and collecting a coat of dust. But, day and night, his fits of violent coughing and laboured breathing reminded the former gold miner that it was there waiting for him. It has been 10 years since Mr He was diagnosed with silicosis, a form of “black lung” disease or pneumoconiosis, China’s most prevalent occupational disease. An estimated 6 million Chinese workers are affected by this. They die slowly, wasting away as their lungs are gradually overwhelmed by the dust they breathed in years earlier when working in gold, coal or silver mines, or stone-cutting factories. Mr He is typical among the growing number of Chinese workers dying from the disease: barely out of his 30s, a sole breadwinner and a migrant worker from impoverished, remote mountainous areas. Despite their labors, most are still poor and unable to get treatment. While not terminal, “black lung” is irreversible and starts to sicken workers up to ten to fifteen years after they first worked in mines. Those who, like Mr He, worked in gold mines, are known to fall ill within months of contact with the silica dust and die more quickly than other types of workers, making the disease most potent among gold miners. This is the unseen cost of extracting resources to fuel China’s economic boom and of mining gold in China - the world’s leading gold producer. Pneumoconiosis is now quietly killing three times more miners in China than mining accidents, says Chinese state media. In the United States, Australia and the UK, the disease is making a comeback after 20 to 40 years of absence. In China, for years, the problem was under better control because most mines were state-run and miners received regular check-ups and treatment. But over the past two decades, state companies have leased out thousands of mines to fly-by-night companies. Now, the effect of this is becoming apparent in the villages where thousands of men like Mr He lay waiting to die. They have limited access to good medical care and virtually no legal aid. In Mr He’s village alone, 200 are dying. In the late 1990s, they began leaving for work in the gold mines. Many have now returned to die. In a notebook, Mr He kept a list of names of friends who had died. “I’ve watched them go, one by one," Mr He told me during one of my stays in his farmhouse. "I know one day it will happen to me.” He outlived all doctors’ expectations, recovered from a suicide attempt and miraculously fought off severe tuberculosis one winter -- buoyed by the deep love he and his wife share. “I don’t want to leave my family,” Mr He told me repeatedly. He finally lost his battle on 1 August 2015.

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