Silicosis is an incurable but entirely preventable lung disease. It has only one cause: breathing in too much silica dust. This is a risk in several industries, including tunneling, stone masonry ...

he recalled. Dennys was diagnosed with silicosis, a disease with no cure that can become chronic. “It’s fatal because its progression cannot be stopped,” says Dr. Jane Fazio, a pulmonologist ...

Around 10% of underground tunnel workers in Queensland could develop silicosis, our new study has found. Silicosis is a serious, incurable lung disease caused by inhaling small particles of silica ...

This is part 1 of a series on silicosis.  Eric Reyes-Barriga first learned how to cut and polish stone in a small shop in Sun Valley, where nine stone fabrication […] ...

However, this study found that artificial stone fabricators—who work with materials containing more than 90% silica—are developing accelerated and acute forms of silicosis in as little as two ...

This is part 2 of a series on silicosis. In Sun Valley, the hum of saws and sanders grinding away echoes from the rows of ...