An Interview with Susan Goodwin, Ph.D., Author of a Recent Study on Silicosis Detection in New Jersey

photo-1 Dr. Susan Goodwin laughed self-deprecatingly at the thought of being interviewed regarding her recent article "Previously undetected silicosis in New Jersey decedents," as if her conclusions about the under-counting of occupational lung disease in this country are not rousing interest in public health, legislative and legal sectors.

In the September 2003 article, published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Dr. Goodwin and her co-authors presented the results of a study to test the hypothesis that silicosis is going undetected in this country. There is no cure for silicosis, Goodwin and her co-authors write, and treatment is …