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industrial disease

industrial disease

noun

  1. any disease to which workers in a particular industry are prone
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of industrial disease1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Judith wants CTE recognised as an "industrial disease" which would enable affected families to get financial support, as well as change the wider "attitude" towards the condition.

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“The more we part and separate from nature, the more we need to be drawn back to these practices in order to heal from industrial diseases,” Fincham said.

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In January, an inquest ruled that Mrs Mahon "came by her death as a result of an industrial disease".

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Mr Turner said while the civil claim is a separate legal process from the inquest, the coroner's conclusion of industrial disease was "very important" and "highly relevant to the follow-on claim."

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Mr Hughes concluded Mr Roberts and Ms David, who lived in hospital accommodation, concluded that they both died as a result of industrial disease.

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