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.

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.

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

Prolonged exposure to silica dust, a common mineral found in materials like kitchen countertops, can lead to silicosis, a serious lung disease. This irreversible condition causes inflammation and ...

Exposures to silica dust, solvents or heavy metals increase the likelihood of developing various forms of myositis, especially more severe forms involving the lungs, according to data published in ...

Researchers estimated that 100,000 workers in the U.S. are potentially at risk of silicosis due to exposure to silica dust. There is no cure for silicosis, and it can be deadly.

After a man required a lung transplant due to inhaling silica dust, Illinois must do better to monitor countertop companies. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 77°F.

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 ...

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