Based on study findings, researchers have proposed a new term for respirable crystalline silica exposure-related ...

If inhaled, silica dust from cut or drilled stone, can cause a fatal lung disease. Experts want better protections for workers exposed to it every day. https://p.dw ...

Dimitra Theodori at the European Trade Union Institute highlights the concept of being unsafe by design when it comes to ...

US Miners' Union Head Calls House Republican Effort to Block Silica Dust Rule an 'Attack' on Workers CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The head of the national mine workers’ union on Friday condemned ...

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Silicosis is typically caused by years of breathing in silica dust at work, and can worsen even after work exposures stop. In recent years, after decades of inaction, the federal government ...

And this is leading to more workers involved in supply chains and installation being exposed to silica dust when the artificial stone is cut. With the rapid growth in the use of artificial stone in ...

New limits to a person's daily exposure to silica dust in the construction, mining, dentistry and other industries could save about 13,000 lives worldwide. That's what researchers in the UK ...

Roberts said a budget provision — approved by a U.S. House subcommittee Thursday — prohibiting the Department of Labor from using funding to enforce a silica dust rule operators must be in ...