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brown lung disease

noun

  1. another name for byssinosis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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During the industrial revolution, byssinosis or brown lung disease, befell textile plant workers due to cotton or other fibers in the factory’s air.

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He argued five cases before the Supreme Court, winning an important 1981 case in which the court upheld the authority of the Secretary of Labor to order limits on cotton dust in textile factories to help prevent brown lung disease.

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