Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 transformed one unfortunate victim’s brain into organic glass.

“The doctor called me and said, ‘Dennys, I have to tell you something, you have two years to live,’” recalls Dennys René ...

Guatemalan immigrant Dennys René Rivas Williams was diagnosed with a terminal lung disease, yet he managed to hold onto life.

In early 2020, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) revised its National Emphasis Program to identify and reduce worker exposure to silica dust. According to the program, asphalt ...

A man has lost 14 teeth after contracting a disease linked to silica dust exposure that’s been “flying under the radar”. Gabriel Cabral, 59, from Sydney, worked in a sales and marketing role ...

Given the silica content of concrete and mortar, silicosis is an enduring scourge of concrete and masonry construction. The damaging effects of ongoing exposure to airborne silica were familiar ...

Crystalline silica, also referred to as “quartz”, is a common mineral found in the earth’s crust and is a basic component of the soil, sand, and granite. Cristobalite and tridymite are two other forms ...