Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – THE FACTS [2]
What are the causes of COPD?
The main cause of COPD is cigarette smoking. But exposure to dusts in the workplace can also cause COPD, even in people who don’t smoke.
Do you know that thousands of British coalminers recently received compensation for COPD?
But COPD is not just a problem for coalminers, breathing in too much fume and/or dusts in the workplace could put you at risk of developing COPD.
The risk of developing COPD is greatly increased if you breathe in dusts/fumes in the workplace and you smoke.
