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Persons working in cement plants and limestone quarries are more prone to disease like__________________?

Correct answer: C. Silicosis

  • A. Cancer
  • B. Asthma
  • C. Silicosis
  • D. Fluorosis (bone disease)

Explanation

Cement and limestone dust can contain respirable crystalline silica, whose long-term inhalation causes silicosis, a serious fibrotic lung disease. Asthma may occur from dust exposure, but silicosis is the characteristic occupational disease here.

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