Engineered stone makers have started to offer products with less silica amid an international outcry over countertop cutters ...

Crystalline silica, also referred to as “quartz”, is a common mineral found in the earth’s crust and is a basic component of the soil, sand, and granite. Cristobalite and tridymite are two other forms ...

A father of three dying from a terminal illness from cutting stone for kitchen worktops in north London has spoken out about conditions in ...

Gunnar Johanson, professor of toxicology at the Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institutet and chairman of ...

Crystalline silica is a common mineral found in the earth's crust. Materials like sand, stone, concrete, and mortar contain crystalline silica. It is also used to make products such as glass, pottery, ...

The death of a stonemason diagnosed with silicosis after cutting kitchen worktops has seen a coroner demand “urgent action” ...

The New South Wales Resources Regulator has released a paper on compliance with the new crystalline silica provisions that ...

Little attention and oversight has been given to the sand mines in LaSalle County that proliferated to support hydraulic fracturing operations.

The increase in cases of silicosis has raised alarms in Spain, with 96 new diagnoses including several workers exposed to ...

It is estimated that more than 2.3 million workers in the United States are potentially exposed to dust containing crystalline silica. Approximately 90 percent of those workers are employed in the ...

This course covers the development and implementation of controls and strategies to prevent or mitigate silica exposures in construction, maritime, and general industries. Course topics include ...

Due to this, RIT has developed a Respirable Crystalline Silica program to ensure worker safety while working with respirable crystalline silica products. Hazard assessment of RIT operations that use ...