1 Question: What causes pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? Keywords: disease, illness, lungs, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, silicosis Asked by hazellwh to Helen, Jenni, Mark, Martin, Stu on 17 Jun 2011.
Mark Burnley answered on 16 Jun 2011:
Dust, I think!
Jenni Tilley answered on 16 Jun 2011:
That is a very cool word – can you say it!?
Wikipedia tells me another way to say it is silicosis and it’s a disease caused by inhaling crystalline silica dust. I guess the sharp crystals cut up your lungs like asbestos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos), causing all sorts of damage.
Who’d be a glass blower hey!?
Helen O'Connor answered on 16 Jun 2011:
Glad Mark knows that!
Stuart Mourton answered on 17 Jun 2011:
Not sure why, but i read Marks answer in the style of the Fat Fighters woman from little britain!! DUST!
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