[Exposure to asbestos dust and asbestosis of employees in a Thüringen rubber industry].

131 exposed people by dust of talc in rubber industry in Thuringia were examined by contrast to a same no examined group of working people. The asbestos in talc did cause in 26 (19.8%) cases of exposed people a pneumoconiosis. The occupational disease was admitted. The time of development was between 20 and 40 years. We can found the chronic bronchitis and demages of ventilation much more in cases long time exposed people and by smokers. The following conclusions are: the renunciation of application of talc with asbestos, measures to fight against dust, the instruction of direction and of working people about the danger of asbestos and the dispensatory care for life.