Health officials warn of a preventable but potentially fatal lung disease linked to quartz countertops. Massachusetts ...

A popular material for kitchen countertops has been linked to a life-threatening lung disease, silicosis. Health officials in ...

Crystalline silica particles generated during dry cutting are extremely fine and easily inhaled. Once inside the lungs, they trigger chronic immune activation, causing irreversible scarring. Unlike ...

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

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

A dangerous lung disease called silicosis is rapidly spreading among workers who cut and shape engineered stone. This ...

Fill a spray bottle with hot water and add 1/4 teaspoon of a good dish soap that contains grease-cutting ingredients (Dawn or ...

MPs and peers on an all-party parliamentary group have called for action on deadly dust from engineered stone worktops ...

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

A man in Massachusetts has been diagnosed with a rare lung disease that has been linked to a specific type of countertops.