Silicosis, a deadly lung disease caused by breathing in kitchen stone dust, should by rights be on the wane since the advent ...

The i Paper revealed the first UK cases of silicosis among workers cutting engineered stone in 2024. The weight of medical ...

A former stoneworker named Lopez sat confined to his East Bay home, breathing with the help of a whirring oxygen supply machine through clear tubes pronged to his nostrils. After years of making ...

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Health officials in Massachusetts issued a safety alert after a man who has worked with stone countertops for over a decade ...

Massachusetts has reported its first case of silicosis, a fatal and incurable lung disease spread from dust produced when ...

Massachusetts has confirmed its first case of silicosis, an incurable lung disease tied to stone countertop work. State ...

Massachusetts worker in stone countertop industry is state’s first case of ‘devastating, life-altering disease’ ...

Health officials confirmed Massachusetts’ first case of silicosis, an incurable and life-threatening lung disease, warning ...

Despite the catastrophic state of the Palestinian economy, Faraj al-Atrash, operator of a quarry in the occupied West Bank, ...