Crystalline Silica Dust

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Silica Although the most common health effect of silica exposure are the lung diseases occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica is also associated with a number of other diseases, including systemic autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and some of the small vessel vasculitides and with renal diseases i.e. rapid progressive glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and end stage renal disease.