Long-term exposure to silica dust can cause severe health problems. These best practices will help protect your crews ...

The Biden administration agreed Tuesday to limit workers' exposure to toxic silica dust, a common byproduct in U.S. mining operations. The federal rule will reduce the allowable level of silica ...

Large-scale construction projects involving drilling and demolition generate significant dust, requiring teams to navigate ...

Exposures to silica dust, solvents or heavy metals increase the likelihood of developing various forms of myositis, ...

Silica dust is 20 times more toxic than coal dust and causes severe forms of black lung disease after even a few years of exposure. Willingham reported from Charleston, West Virginia.

Every Martian year (which last 686.98 Earth days), the red planet experiences regional dust storms that coincide with summer ...

There are many types of activities that produce crystalline silica dust which could result in worker exposure to respirable crystalline silica; including but not limited to, the following: Industrial ...

Introduction Previous studies suggest respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is an important driver of resurgent pneumoconiosis ...

The Minns Labor Government has renewed its commitment to protect workers from dust diseases by unveiling its new $2.5 million state-of-the -art Lung ...

The Minns Labor Government has renewed its commitment to protect workers from dust diseases by unveiling its new $2.5 million state-of-the -art Lung Health Mobile Clinic which will provide lung health ...

Lead in the dust and debris can cause anemia and damage the brain and nervous system. Lung cancer can develop as a result of many years of exposure to asbestos and silica dust. Symptoms of this ...