COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS

WHAT CAUSES IT

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

• Loss of breath
• Coughing
• Malfunctioning lungs
• Complications with heart

PREVENTION

• No smoking
• Exclude yourself from coal dust

EFFECT ON THE BODY

• Candidate for cancer
• Lungs become hard
• Possibility of having COPD

ADVANCEMENTS

• Vaccines for pneumoconiosis
• Oxygen

DEATH TOLL

TREATMENT

• Oxygen to the blood
• X-rays
• Vaccines

SOURCES

• Black lung www.umwa.org/?q=content/black-lung
• Cwp www.pneumoconiosis.org.uk/coalworker-pneumoconiosis
• Cwp wow.virtualmedicalcentre.com etc...
• Understanding pneumoconiosis www.lung.org etc...