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 ...

This can lead to lung scarring and cough, weight loss, and fatigue. There are three types of silicosis: Acute silicosis, which causes cough, weight loss, and fatigue within a few weeks or years of ...

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 ...

Silicosis is the oldest occupational lung disease, but workers are now contracting acute accelerated silicosis at alarming rates. In the past, one may have developed symptoms over a lifetime of ...

New research has estimated up to 300 workers across three tunnelling projects will be diagnosed with silicosis, an incurable lung disease.Credit: SMH artists The Herald has detailed how workers ...

Dozens of workers—primarily young, Spanish-speaking immigrants—have been diagnosed with a severe and often fatal form of silicosis, a progressive lung disease caused by the inhalation of fine ...

Decenas de trabajadores, principalmente jóvenes inmigrantes de habla hispana, han sido diagnosticados con una forma grave y a menudo fatal de silicosis, una enfermedad pulmonar progresiva causada ...

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 ...

Silicosis is a serious, incurable lung disease caused by inhaling small particles of silica dust. You might have heard about it in people who work with engineered stone. But silica is more widespread.