Health Update: Copier 'caused lung damage'
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Your support makes all the difference.EXCESSIVE exposure to photocopiers can cause lung damage, says a report in the Lancet. It describes the case of a 44-year-old Spanish woman who developed coughs and breathlessness after working full-time in a photocopying shop for six years and was found to have a lung disease caused by inhalation of mineral dusts. An analysis of photocopy dust collected at the workplace and a lung biopsy showed the presence in both of iron and silicone.
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