Dust pneumonia describes disorders caused by excessive exposure to dust storms, particularly during the Dust Bowl in the United States.[1] A form of pneumonia, dust pneumonia results when the lungs are filled with dust, inflaming the alveoli. [citation needed]
People who had dust pneumonia often died.[1] There are no official death rates published for the Great Plains in the 1930s. In 1935, dozens of people died in Kansas from dust pneumonia.[1]Red Cross volunteers made and distributed thousands of dust masks, although some farmers and other people in the affected areas refused to wear them.[1]
^ abcdWorster, Donald (2004-09-16). Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s. OUP USA. pp. 20–21. ISBN9780195174885.
^Butler, Martin (2007). Voices of the down and out: The dust bowl migration and the great depression in the songs of Woody Guthrie. Heidelberg: Winter. p. 67. ISBN9783825353674. OCLC 191828843.
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"88th Anniversary of April 1935 Dust Storm (Black Sunday)".
April 14, 2024
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