Hong Kong (CNN) -- Ramesh Makwana knew the risks to his health by working in an agate factory, but at $4 a day the rewards were too great. 

Now, after 14 years of breathing in the fine dust created by grinding and polishing the gemstone, Makwana has silicosis, a respiratory disease that swells the lungs. 

"He's thankful to the stone because it helped him survive for so long. But now that he has lost so much, it is also a feeling of anger," Makwana told CNN through an interpreter, Mohit Gupta, the co-ordinator for the Occupational, Environmental Health Network of India. 

"He has lost his parents to it, and he himself knows he's going to die some day," he said. 

It's not known how many other workers in Asia are suffering from occupational diseases, but the Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC) has warned that the region is facing an epidemic. 

The last estimate on work-related diseases in Asia was released by the International Labor Organization in 2008. It estimated that more than 1.1 million people in Asia were dying each year. 

"One-point-one million is a really high number, but even then we're not sure, we think it may be a really conservative number," said Sanjiv Pandita, Executive Director of the AMRC. 

Frustrated by the lack of official records, Pandita and his team set out to find the true extent of the problem in six Asian countries: China, India, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. 

A report released ahead of this year's International Workers' Memorial Day on April 28, found similar problems in all countries; a lack of official data on the number of cases, partly due to a reluctance to diagnose work-related illness for fear of the financial cost.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Where is Ramesh Makwana's job?
2. What is Ramesh Makwana's place of employment?
3. In what location does Ramesh Makwana work?
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1. What city is Ramesh Makwana in?
2. Which city is Ramesh Makwana located in?
3. What city is the location of Ramesh Makwana?
Q4:
1. Is Ramesh Makwana sick?
2. Is Ramesh Makwana ill?
3. Does Ramesh Makwana not feel well?
Q5:
1. What does Ramesh Makwana have?
2. What is ailing Ramesh Makwana?
3. What is Ramesh Makwana afflicted with?
Q6:
1. Do many people in Asia suffer from silicosis?
2. Does silicosis afflict many people in Asia?
3. Are there a lot of people in Asia with silicosis?
Q7:
1. Is it known how many people in Asia suffer from silicosis?
2. Do authorities know how many cases of silicosis there are in Asia?
3. Is the number of silicosis cases in Asia known?
Q8:
1. Did anyone in Ramesh Makwana's family die of silicosis?
2. Has silicosis killed anyone in Ramesh Makwana's family?
3. Has silicosis caused the death of any of Ramesh Makwana's family members?
Q9:
1. Who has Ramesh Makwana lost to silicosis?
2. What family member of Ramesh Makwana's has silicosis killed?
3. Who in Ramesh Makwana's family has lost their life to silicosis?
Q10:
1. How long has Ramesh Makwana been working in the agate factory?
2. How long has the agate factory employed Ramesh Makwana?
3. For how mnay years has Ramesh Makwana been employed at the agate factory?
