A stonemason has engaged lawyers after suffering irreparable lung damage from regularly breathing in silica dust at work.

The NSW government has announced a new expert taskforce to oversee and help address silica-related health risks for workers ...

A Thai man sought legal advice after a restaurant served him fried rice containing desiccant, or silica gel, which made him ...

Sand mining destabilises riverbeds and affects local communities but new hi-tech surveillance can improve the monitoring of ...

Much of the mining takes place in the nearby red "Cerro Rico" (literally, "Rich Mountain" in English), which was given its ...

Ryan Fenton from Ipswich contracted silicosis from cutting quartz worktops - as the number of UK cases rises to 28 ...

For $2 a go, tourists can purchase sticks of dynamite and experience them exploding in the “nightmarish” subterranean world ...

These include perchlorates, silica, iron oxides (rust), gypsum, and trace amounts of toxic metals like chromium, beryllium, ...

Discover protective tips to lower lung cancer risk even with a smoking history. Proven approaches for current and former ...

Scientists have found that an increase in water salinity in the cells of the marine diatom Nitzschia weakens the connections ...

Demand for strategic metals, such as silica, is only set to increase thanks to advancements in technology, the green economy ...