The hands of a mine worker are covered with fine dust. According to an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court this year by the Centre, over 1.4 lakh people work in Rajasthan’s mines and all could be afflicted by the lung disease. Despite being one of the oldest known occupational hazards, cases of silicosis are often miscounted as tuberculosis as silicosis primarily renders the respiratory system vulnerable to other terminal diseases.

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