Thousands of former gold miners suffering from lung diseases such as silicosis and tuberculosis are still waiting for ...

Silicosis is a lung disease. It usually happens in jobs where you breathe in dust that contains silica. That’s a tiny crystal found in sand, rock, or mineral ores like quartz. Over time ...

Kwekwe General Hospital has reported a troubling rise in silicosis-related deaths, with at least 15 people succumbing to the ...

Although the Trump administration has not announced major personnel cuts to OSHA yet, the agency’s ability to prevent silicosis is under threat as well. DOGE has announced that 11 OSHA offices, along ...

Unlike traditional methods such as X-rays and CT scans that detect silicosis at later stages, the UNSW-developed test provides results in minutes. "Our study shows that the AI-driven model ...

Dimitra Theodori at the European Trade Union Institute highlights the concept of being unsafe by design when it comes to ...

Workers who build engineered stone countertops often present with atypical and advanced features of silicosis, which may be ...

By the time Reyes Gonzalez had reached his 33rd birthday, his lungs had been ravaged by silicosis, an incurable disease. He was forced to rely on an oxygen tank and grew thin and weak. At one ...

But the material contains high amounts of silica, an oxide which, when inhaled, can cause a lung condition known as silicosis. The disease can be deadly and has been particularly affecting ...

Marek Marzec, a dad of three from Poland, was diagnosed with silicosis in April after over a decade working for engineered stone manufacturers across the UK. The 48-year-old described “appalling ...

The NBC4 I-Team and Telemundo 52 Investiga have been looking into the increasing number of silicosis cases in California. Silicosis is a lung disease affecting stone-cutting workers working with ...

Gustavo Reyez Gonazlez, who was diagnosed with silicosis after having worked with engineered slabs used in kitchen and bathroom countertops for nearly two decades at local shops across Southern ...