Silicosis is caused by breathing in crystalline silica dust, and millions of people around the world are at risk of developing it as a result of their jobs in mining, quarrying, stone-cutting and ...

Scientists have found that a worker's lifetime exposure to "permissible" levels of silica dust results in a considerable risk of developing silicosis. New research led by Imperial College London ...

Gustavo Reyez Gonazlez, who was diagnosed with silicosis after having worked with engineered slabs used in kitchen and bathroom countertops for nearly two decades at local shops across Southern ...

A Chicago countertop manufacturer failed to protect its workers from silica exposure, leaving a father and son in need of lung transplants, federal labor officials said. Florenza Marble & Granite ...

It is common for silicate-rich magmas to form at destructive plate boundaries, by partial melting and / or assimilation of crustal rocks (richer in silica than the mantle rock). As basalts or gabbros, ...

Silicosis can be caused by inhaling particles of crystalline silica, and more than six hundred thousand workers in stone-cutting industries are exposed to the dust. Silicosis is an incurable lung ...

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. New limits to a person's daily exposure to ...

In their Sept. 9 op-ed “What can Illinois do to better protect workers from inhaling silica dust,” professors Linda Forst and Lee Friedman, while well intended, incorrectly state that ...

Silica is a naturally occurring element found in the earth’s crust. Granite slabs extracted from the ground contain 10% to 45% silica content. Marble has less than 5%. Engineered stone ...

A Chicago countertop manufacturer failed to protect its workers from silica exposure, leaving a father and son in need of lung transplants, federal labor officials said. Florenza Marble & Granite ...