Occupational Lung Disease -- 718.780.5835

Using the latest treatments and technologies, lung specialists at NYM diagnose and treat occupational lung cancer which is caused by the inhalation of carcinogens (cancer-causing substances) in the workplace.

Asbestosis, a disease marked by lung tissue scarring, is caused by exposure to microscopic asbestos fibers. Byssinosis, or brown lung disease, is caused by dust from hemp, flax and cotton processing. This chronic condition severely affects lung function. Other occupational lung diseases include occupational asthma (which occurs when an individual is exposed to dust, vapors, gases or fumes which trigger an asthma attack), black lung disease (limited to coal workers), hypersensitivity pneumonitis (caused by the inhalation of fungus spores from organic sources), and silicosis (resulting from exposure to silica in mines, foundries, stone, clay, and glass manufacturing).

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