The word "silicosis" shall mean the characteristic fibrotic condition of the lungs caused by the inhalation of dust of silica or silicates. "Asbestosis" shall mean a characteristic fibrotic condition of the lungs caused by the inhalation of asbestos dust.
History
(1935, c. 123.)
Legal Periodicals. - For note, "Caulder v. Waverly Mills: Expanding the Definition of an Occupational Disease under the Last Injurious Exposure Rule," see 64 N.C.L. Rev. 1566 (1986).