asked the Minister for Labour if he will enumerate the diseases classified as industrial diseases due to modern industry at the latest available date.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Industrial Diseases.
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The answer is in the form of a statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
STATEMENT of Diseases Notifiable under the Factories Act, 1955, and the Mines and Quarries Act, 1965.
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Factories Act, 1955 |
Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 |
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lead, phosphorus, or arsenical or mercurial poisoning, or anthrax. |
Poisoning or incapacity by— |
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aluminium |
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antimony |
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aundice due to tetrachlorethane or nitro- or amido-derivatives of benzene or other poisonous substance, epitheliomatous ulceration due to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil or paraffin, or any compound, product or residue of any of these substances. |
arsenic |
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cadmium |
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copper |
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lead |
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manganese |
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mercury |
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silver |
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zinc |
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chrome ulceration due to chromic acid or |
any other mineral of a toxic nature |
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bichromate of potassium, sodium or |
a compount of any of the foregoing |
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ammonium or any preparation of these |
asbestos |
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substances. |
cyanide or |
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nitrous fumes. |
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poisoning by carbon bisulphide, |
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aniline poisoning, chronic benzene poisoning, |
Ankylostomiasis; anthracosis; bursitis or subcutaneous cellulitis; |
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manganese poisoning, compressed air illness, and toxic anaemia. |
compressed air illness (caisson disease); dermatitis; infective jaundice; nystagmus; pneumoconiosis; silicosis. |