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Provided by the Center for Disease Control's (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), this historic image depic
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Provided by the Center for Disease Control's (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), this historic image depicted two female industrial workers who were inside a West Virginia ceramics factory, who were operating a glaze-spraying machine. This machine would apply a coating of glaze to the newly made, raw bisque forms, which would then be secondarily fired, imparting a shiny surface to the ceramics. Working within a clay-processing environment, workers should have taken precautions against the possibility of inhaling airborne particulates, which would lead to the chronic pulmonary disease known as pneumoconiosis, or silicosis, or more commonly known as 'grinders' disease', characterized by the formation of nodular fibrotic changes in the lungs. Note that these women were not wearing a filtered breathing mask, thereby, increasing their chances of contracting silicosis. The image was published in the 'Public Health Bulletin', No. 244, 1939.
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CDC/ Barbara Jenkins, NIOSH
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November 17, 2012