Silica dust exists in both inhalable and respirable forms, but it is respirable crystalline silica (RCS) – the smallest, most ...

Most people get silicosis from a workplace where they inhale large amounts of silica dust. Learn more about the causes, risk factors, symptoms, treatments, and how to prevent this lung disease.

Silicosis is a respiratory disease which causes a hardening of the lungs. It is caused by silica dust or silica crystals, which are found in soil, sand, concrete, mortar, granite and artificial stone.

By 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that the lungs of about 1 in 5 coal miners in central Appalachia showed evidence of black lung. It is being diagnosed in younger ...

A basic review of the anatomy, physiology and personal protective equipment related to the respiratory system.

Close to half a million tonnes of sand and gravel will be quarried from land next to two Worcestershire villages, despite ...

Since 1970, more than 75,000 miners have died of black lung disease. Researchers working to prevent those deaths have received layoff notices.