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#hotoffthepress
Occupational lung disease: what the general physician needs to know 👀
Occupational exposures: a common and preventable cause of lung disease. 1/6 cases of COPD and asthma worldwide are related to work
@tweetpaddy @lungsatwork @jofeary
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Podcast: The troubling rise of artificial stone silicosis, with Dr. Johanna Feary
▶️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
▶️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2yB…
▶️ Web: thoraxbmj.podbean.com/e/sili… @KateDiomede @jofeary @TweetPaddy
Paper here: thorax.bmj.com/content/79/10…
For those who haven’t yet realised.
The science is much better where the sky is bluer… it’s reminiscent of Twitter 5 years - all joy of the high seas without having to negotiate floating 💩
Patrick Howlett retweeted
For those who haven’t yet realised.
The science is much better where the sky is bluer… it’s reminiscent of Twitter 5 years - all joy of the high seas without having to negotiate floating 💩
Patrick Howlett retweeted
Choking to Death: Silica dust from India’s industries is killing its workers
Read our latest cover story by @akhileshhpandey:
caravanmagazine.in/health/si…
Patrick Howlett retweeted
NEW PAPER!
In this month's @WHOBulletin, a group of us from @UKAPTB have a paper calling for a platform trial to evaluate new drug resistant TB (DRTB) treatment regimens
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
Here is a short thread outlining some of our key arguments
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In the same week as a Doctor gets struck off for blocking traffic the Starbucks CEO starts to commute by private jet …
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Relationship between cumulative silica exposure and silicosis: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis @TweetPaddy
thorax.bmj.com/content/early…
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Artificial stone silicosis arrives in the UK: a tragic case of history repeating
thorax.bmj.com/content/early…
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Artificial stone silicosis: a UK case series @lungsatwork @RobinaCoker1
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Research from Dr Patrick Howlett (@TweetPaddy) and Dr Jo Feary (@jofeary) calling for a reduction to occupational silica dust limits for miners and workers, and identifying the danger presented from artificial stone highlighted in today’s media coverage including @guardian 🗞️
theguardian.com/society/arti…
Slightly longer 🧵 ...
Lots of policy globally based on narrative reviews + gov papers using opaque methods. We aimed for full transparency + up-to-date techniques (e.g. dose response meta-analysis)
Our @ThoraxBMJ meta-analysis of cumulative silica exposure + silicosis risk out today!
TLDR; current UK permissible limits => high risks of silicosis esp in miners ⛏️. Halving limits would significantly reduce risk
@ImperialNHLI @ImperialMed @The_MRC @jofeary @lungsatwork
Our @ThoraxBMJ meta-analysis of cumulative silica exposure + silicosis risk out today! TLDR; current UK permissible limits => high risks of silicosis esp in miners ⛏️. Halving limits would significantly reduce risk
thorax.bmj.com/content/early…
@ImperialNHLI
@ImperialMed
@jofeary
**IMPORTANT CAVEAT**
Only 2 non-miners studies. There is likely huge heterogeneity in industry and dose-response relationship. See other article published today of devastating artificial stone silicosis in UK setting (thorax.bmj.com/content/early…)
**FINALLY**
We believe enough evidence to support reduction in UK permissible limits, to bring in line with US + other European countries.
Thanks to Jeffery Gan (@ImperialMed med studient!), Prof Lesosky and @jofeary for hard work