Silica dust, radon and death from non-malignant respiratory diseases in German uranium miners

Kreuzer, Michaela; Sogl, M.; Brüske, Irene; Möhner, Matthias; Nowak, Dennis; Schnelzer, Maria; Walsh, Linda

doi:10.1136/oemed-2013-101582

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“…Coal mine dust exposure has been associated with excess respiratory disease including coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, silicosis, dust-related diffuse fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 3 Studies have demonstrated excess lung cancer and pneumoconiosis mortality among uranium miners 4–9 and excess lung cancer mortality and pneumoconiosis risk among metal and non-metal (MNM) miners. 10–17 …”

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Morbidity and Health Risk Factors Among New Mexico Miners

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Victoroff

et al. 2017

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Objective This study examines differences in chronic health outcomes between coal, uranium, metal, and nonmetal miners. Methods In a cross-sectional study using data from a health screening program for current and former New Mexico miners, log-binomial logistic regression models were used to estimate relative risks of respiratory and heart disease, cancer, osteoarthritis, and back pain associated with mining in each sector as compared with coal, adjusting for other relevant risk factors. Results Differential risks in angina, pulmonary symptoms, asthma, cancer, osteoarthritis, and back pain between mining sectors were found. Conclusions New Mexico miners experience different chronic health challenges across sectors. These results demonstrate the importance of using comparable data to understand how health risks differ across mining sectors. Further investigation among a broader geographic population of miners will help identify the health priorities and needs in each sector.

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Morbidity and Health Risk Factors Among New Mexico Miners

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Yeoman

Victoroff

et al. 2017

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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“…Data on radon effects on respiratory organs are inconsistent. No radon effects on mortality from COPD were found in the German cohort of uranium miners 27. However, in the American Cancer Society Cohort, exposure to radon was significantly associated with increased COPD mortality (HR per 100 Bq/m 3 was 1.13 95% CI 1.05 to 1.21).…”

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Chronic bronchitis incidence in the extended cohort of Mayak workers first employed during 1948–1982

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“…A study of German uranium workers observed a statistically significant increase in mortality from lung cancer in relation to silica dust 24. For mortality from NMRD, no relation between silica and COPD or other NMRD, except deaths from silicosis or other pneumoconiosis, was observed in the uranium workers 25. In contrast, another recent study of roofing granule mine and mill workers found exposure to respirable crystalline silica increased risk of NMRD mortality 8.…”

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