Dust

Lung tissue analysis revealed that deployed military personnel had more silica and other silicates in their lungs than controls, according to results published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Over time, reductions in lung function following exposure to World Trade Center dust heighten the risk for all-cause and cancer-cause mortality, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The 2023 European Respiratory Society International Congress featured lectures and groundbreaking research on a wide variety of respiratory diseases/conditions.

Children attending daycare centers with a dust microbiota profile of Streptococcus and Lactococcus faced an increased likelihood for wheezing, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Dust fungi in homes shortly after a child’s birth did not heighten the risk for childhood asthma development, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

As measures of adolescent lung function increased, so did the likelihood for occupational exposure as an adult, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

COPD mortality varied by industry and occupation among ever-employed persons, according to data from the CDC published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Researchers found increased amounts of retained dust in the lung tissue of previously deployed military personnel with confirmed lung injury, according to a presenter at the 2022 Geological Society of America Meeting.

Researchers found a 25% increased risk for COPD among U.S. military veterans who took part in duties that had moderate or high likelihoods of exposure to inorganic dust, according to a research letter published in Chest.