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Is coal dust a targeted or systemic toxicant?
Coal dust is a physical toxicant. This is because it is a real thing with real effects.
Is it any health concerns with coal dust?
Coal has Tar, which is a carcinogen. Also incomplete burning of Coal emits Carbon Monoxide, which is a respiratory poison.
What has the author I T T Higgins written?
I. T. T. Higgins has written: 'Chronic respiratory disease in coal miners' -- subject(s): Coal miners, Diseases, Dust diseases, Lungs, Respiratory organs, Statistics
How does the respiratory system get rid of dust and germs?
It traps it using a filtering system of hair and mucous.
What are the roles of mucus and cilia in the respiratory system?
They avoid dust entering the nostrils.
How does the disease affect the respiratory system?
Black Lung disease works by building up coal dust on the surface area of your lungs, therefore reducing the overall surface area of your lungs and reducing the efficency of the lungs.
What is the name of the tiny hairs that filter dust and germs out of the air entering the respiratory system?
Cilia are the tiny hairs that sweep dust and dirt out of the respiratory system.
What are the dangers of coal dust?
The dangers of coal dust are inhaling the dust which goes into your lungs and skin irritation from dust. Coal dust is harmful for the most part and has no health benefits.
What traps dust in respiratory system?
mucus!!!!!!mucus trap the dirt in the trachea!
How can black lung cancer can affect the respiratory system?
Black Lung disease works by building up coal dust on the surface area of your lungs, therefore reducing the overall surface area of your lungs and reducing the efficency of the lungs.
Another word for coal dust?
Soot is another word for coal dust.
What is washtub pneumonia?
Washtubs. Since the term "washtub pneumonia" was used to describe respiratory ailments contracted by laundresses in coal mining camps, the cause was probably coal dust mixed with the laundry chemicals.
