How to Use silicosis in a Sentence

silicosis

noun
  • Jagged ash particles irritate the lungs and over the long term can lead to a disease known as silicosis.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 11 May 2018
  • After about a decade, he was diagnosed with silicosis.
    — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • Quartz miners have been known to come down with a condition known as silicosis, which can cause permanent lung damage.
    — John Wenz, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2018
  • When inhaled, this dust scars lung tissue and can lead to silicosis, DPH said.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Diseases such as silicosis were common among the workers, and some died handling the stone blocks or the dynamite used to blast open the mountain.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2019
  • Silica particles can end up in the air and be inhaled, which is what may cause silicosis, a type of pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 17 June 2024
  • Thanks to the fact that volcanic ash is made of silica, one of the most dangerous aspects of breathing in volcanic ash is silicosis.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The crystalline silica, which can exist in ash, can cause silicosis, a type of pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2022
  • The law also refers to claims for very specific injuries — silicosis and pulmonary fibrosis — that are not at issue in this case.
    — CBS News, 30 May 2022
  • Nearly half of those cases were identified last year alone, amid growing awareness of the silicosis epidemic.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
  • Workers have contracted silicosis after working with quartz slabs for as little as two years, Gandhi said.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • In California, more than a dozen countertop cutters have died of silicosis in recent years.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Frank, meanwhile, said companies should be held responsible for cases of silicosis among their workforce.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 25 July 2023
  • But the material contains high amounts of silica, an oxide which, when inhaled, can cause a lung condition known as silicosis.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 17 June 2024
  • Exposure to this dust can cause lung cancer, kidney cancer and other lung diseases such as emphysema and silicosis.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Segura Meza had never heard of silicosis before he was diagnosed.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Sand mining can also pose a human health risk in the form of silicosis, a lung disease caused by inhaling tiny, airborne silica particles.
    — Geoffrey Giller, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2019
  • The new study confirms a rise in silicosis among quartz fabricators in California.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 25 July 2023
  • Once inhaled, the mineral can cause lung cancer, kidney disease and silicosis, an incurable lung disease.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Other states have also reported cases of silicosis.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The ash contains tiny fragments that can damage lung tissue and cause respiratory illnesses, like silicosis.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The workers inhale these particles, and many develop a severe and rapidly progressive form of silicosis.
    — David Michaels, Fortune, 21 June 2026
  • The workers inhale these particles, and many develop a severe and rapidly progressive form of silicosis.
    — David Michaels, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
  • González, who was diagnosed with silicosis in 2023, is not alone in dealing with a disease that once was associated with miners at the end of long careers.
    — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Countless miners — almost all of them Black — suffered from silicosis and tuberculosis from their time spent toiling underground, looking for gold.
    — Longreads, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Long-term exposure to it can cause chronic and progressive lung diseases including silicosis, cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The death certificate lists pulmonary tuberculosis, with silicosis as the underlying cause.
    — Masha Hamilton, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Overexposure can lead to silicosis, which can be deadly, and other respiratory illnesses.
    — Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Because silicosis is not a nationally reportable disease and surveillance varies by state, no comprehensive national count exists.
    — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • What began as breathlessness hardened into silicosis, an irreversible disease that stiffens the lungs until even ordinary movement becomes effort.
    — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026

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