A new medical review published in the Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology has uncovered a troubling rise in accelerated silicosis and other serious lung diseases among artificial stone ...

Background High-level exposure to crystalline silica dust is the key factor in silicosis. Long-term exposure to low-level silica dust, for example, lower than that in occupational exposure limits, ...

Continental used silica for the very first time in its tread compounds for car tires. The properties of this filler ...

Employers, unions and health and safety advocates are calling for engineered stone to be banned, a day before consultation on ...

"This is a nasty disease. Unlike asbestosis which often takes decades to emerge, silicosis can quite rapidly stop healthy ...

SafeWork NSW is carrying out an investigation following reports that 13 tunnelling workers have been diagnosed with silicosis ...

Many Indians are exposed to silica dust, but experts and patients lament the lack of information and health services related to silicosis. Sophie Cousins reports from West Bengal.

MinEx says it wants an outright ban on engineered stone because of the high exposure to workers. Chief Executive Wayne Scott says there must be better safeguards across the board. He says exposure and ...

Beneath our city, a maze of tunnels is under construction. More must be done to keep Sydney’s tunnelling workers safe.

A BUSINESSMAN whose company received a significant fine for failing to protect its workers from inhaling toxic dust is s...

The incident, which involved the malfunctioning of a pneumatic discharge door, led to the death of a 20-year-old employee.