see also:

• interstitial lung disease
• respiratory medicine

• fibrotic lung diseases caused by inhalation of dusts in occupational exposures
• these are generally not treatable and may result in progressive pulmonary fibrosis and eventually respiratory failure, and in some cases may result in lung cancers (eg. mesothelioma with asbestosis)

• byssinosis - due to factory workers of vegetable fibres such as flax (linen), cotton, hemp or sisal but the lung disease differs in pattern to the other pneumoconioses
• coal workers pneumoconiosis (CWP)
  • MJA 2016 - an Australian perspective
• asbestosis
• silicosis
  • engineered stone workers - engineered stone has over 90% silica compared to ~30% for granite
    • a total ban on the use and importation of engineered stone took effect in Australia from July 2024
  • tunnel construction workers
• other exposures include aluminum, antimony, barium, graphite, iron, kaolin, mica, talc, among other dusts.