Inhaled inorganic dust |
Silicates |
Silica ("silicosis") |
Asbestos ("asbestosis") |
Talc (hydrated Mg silicates; "talcosis") |
Kaolin or "china clay" (hydrated aluminum silicate) |
Diatomaceous earth (Fuller's earth, aluminum silicate with Fe and Mg) |
Nepheline (hard rock containing mixed silicates) |
Aluminum silicates (sericite, sillimanite, zeolite) |
Portland cement |
Mica (principally K and Mg aluminum silicates) |
Beryllium ("berylliosis") |
Carbon |
Coal dust ("coal worker's pneumoconiosis") |
Graphite ("carbon pneumoconiosis") |
Metals |
Tin ("stannosis") |
Aluminum |
Powdered aluminum |
Bauxite (aluminum oxide) |
Hard metal dusts |
Cadmium |
Titanium oxide |
Tungsten |
Hafnium |
Niobium |
Cobalt |
Vanadium carbides |
Iron ("siderosis", "arc welder's lung") Barium (powder of baryte or BaSO4; "baritosis") |
Antimony (oxides and alloys) |
Hematite (mixed dusts of iron oxide, silica and silicates; "siderosilicosis") |
Mixed dusts of silver and iron oxide ("argyrosiderosis") |
CuSO4 neutralized with hydrated lime (Bordeaux mixture; "vineyard sprayer's lung") |
Rare earths (cerium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum) |
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