A miner has a documented diagnosis involving respiratory effects, cancer, and central nervous system impairments. Atmospheric conditions in his work environment could have what degree of causation for the miner’s health diagnosis?

a. What, if any, significance would there be in linking workplace exposure to causation of the symptoms if this individual smoked two packs of cigarettes a day, every day, for 30 years?
b. What, if any, significance would there be in linking workplace exposure to causation of the symptoms if this individual smoked two packs of cigarettes a day, every day, for 30 years?

What will be an ideal response?


a. PM2.5 may have short term + long term respiratory effects that are likely to be causal. Short-term effects may include: are inadequately descripted from PM exposure and long term effects are inadequately determined.

b. However smoking results in respirations of significant qualities of PM2.5 smoke, which could be the causes of the health conditions described.

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