Silicosis is a lung disease. It usually happens in jobs where you breathe in dust that contains silica. That’s a tiny crystal found in sand, rock, or mineral ores like quartz. Over time ...

Breathing in large amounts of silica dust can cause inflammation or scarring, also called fibrosis, in the lungs. This can lead to silicosis, a disease that results in permanent lung damage and ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto The researchers called for public health officials, doctors, and policymakers to implement measures to better protect workers from exposure to silica dust, more quickly ...

That demand has led to increased levels of exposure to air filled with silica dust, which has been linked to the lung disease. Silicosis is a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica ...

It's caused by the inhalation of coal mine dust, especially exposure to highly dangerous silica dust. Silica is one of Earth's most abundant minerals, and it's about 20 times more toxic than coal ...

The Labor Department is proposing a new rule limiting miners' exposure to silica — a toxic dust created by cutting into rock that has been linked to a recent epidemic of severe black lung ...

A new federal rule is aimed at reducing coal miners’ exposure to silica dust, a leading cause of black lung disease. (Getty Images) It was a celebratory moment years in the making when acting ...

For as long as people have gone down into coal mines, severe lung disease from silica dust has destroyed lives. This week, in the heart of Appalachian coal country, miners pleaded with regulators ...

WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — Federal regulators have put a temporary pause on enforcing requirements on silica dust exposure in mines. The Mine Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday announced ...

A regional Victorian court has fined global mineral mining company Sibelco $400,000 for exposing four workers to silica dust, resulting in silicosis diagnoses of three men. Sibelco, which has ...

Boral has been convicted and fined $180,000 after pleading guilty to exposing staff to dangerous silica dust by not enforcing ... “Joanna’s statement has made crystal clear in the mind of ...