{"id":67157,"date":"2024-11-09T06:38:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T06:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=67157"},"modified":"2024-11-09T06:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T06:38:19","slug":"were-dying-from-black-lung-condition-after-years-of-cutting-kitchen-counters-heres-what-doctors-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2024\/11\/09\/were-dying-from-black-lung-condition-after-years-of-cutting-kitchen-counters-heres-what-doctors-say\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re dying from &#8216;black lung&#8217; condition after years of cutting kitchen counters- here&#8217;s what doctors say"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/08\/17\/91478093-14059843-Gustavo_Reyes_Gonzalez_worked_in_stone_fabrication_shops_for_yea-a-30_1731085735392.jpg\" alt=\"Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez worked in stone fabrication shops for years where he was constantly breathing in silica dust. It permeated his lungs and caused permanent damage to his lungs. He has undergone two transplants\" width=\"427\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Millions of American workers are being exposed to small dust particles that infiltrate the body and leave thousands of cuts in their lungs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-14059843\/black-lung-disease-cutting-granite-doctors-advise-dying.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Millions of American workers are being exposed to small dust particles that infiltrate the body and leave thousands of cuts in their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/silica-dust.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67159,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67157\/revisions\/67159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}