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This historical image, which was provided by the Center for Disease Control's (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (
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This historical image, which was provided by the Center for Disease Control's (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), depicted two male industrial workers who were inside a West Virginia ceramics factory, seen here working with 'greenware' plates, which is clay that has yet to be fired, or hardened to a bisque state. Note the tripod in the foreground, upon which was placed an impinger, which was measuring the dust concentration in the air. 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 men were not wearing a filtered breathing mask, 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