Silica & Silicosis

Silicosis is a lung disease most often contracted by persons who worked in a sandblasting or foundry operations where sand is blasted onto a surface, broken into minute particles which then float in the air and are ultimately ingested by the workers. Those microscopic particles, called silica, lodge into the workers' lungs causing lung abnormalities. Similarly, workers exposed to silica in foundries, where the process of making silica-laden cores and molds also produces fine silica particles that linger in the air for hours, can contract silicosis.
Silica has been classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a known human carcinogen, so workers with silica exposure should have yearly chest x-rays for early diagnoses.
In addition to lung cancer, exposure to sufficient doses of silica can lead to rheumatoid arthritis and various anti-immune diseases, so it is important that anyone who has worked in these occupational environments contact their physicians as soon as possible. s


Silica & Silicosis Attorneys & Lawyers

We list below addresses of a few Silica & Silicosis Attorneys for your information. The list is neither exhaustive nor representative of Silica & Silicosis Attorneys. We wish to present this information of Silica & Silicosis Attorneys addresses only for reference purposes. We assume no responsibility for the professional ability or integrity of the persons or firms whose names appear on the following list of Silica & Silicosis Attorneys.

Porter & Malouf, PA
Address: 825 Ridgewood Road
Ridgeland, Mississippi
39157.

Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLP
Attoreys-At-Law
Address: 420 Lexington Avenue Suite
2750 New York NY 10170.

Belluck & Fox, LLP
Address: 295 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor
New York, New York, 10017.

Reich & Binstock
Attorneys At Law
Address:4265 San Felipe,
Suite 1000
Houston, Tx 77027.