Brayton Purcell LLP responded today to new national reporting by Semantha Raquel Norris for Capital & Main, who's in--depth investigation documents the expanding silicosis epidemic affecting ...

Workers may get respite from breathing the toxic dust that remains omnipresent in U.S. mining operations, despite decades of evidence of its deadly consequences. The federal Mine Safety and Health ...

The Construction Safety Council launches an initiative to curb the risk of silicosis by educating construction workers on protective practices and exposure limits. In response to the growing threat of ...

A growing number of employees who prepare quartz countertops are coming down with silicosis. “We’re terrible at banning ...

A new law aims to protect workers from silicosis, a lung disease linked to popular household countertops. Experts say it ...

Home renovation is a trend that continues to gain momentum throughout the United States. Likewise, new hotels, offices, and other structures are being built at a rapid pace. Throughout all these ...

OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on Feb. 18 jointly issued a hazard alert about protecting workers from significant crystalline silica exposure during manufacturing, ...

Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is not an unfamiliar hazard to those responsible for hazardous area operations, plant safety and corporate liability. It is a well-characterised substance, present ...

Health officials confirmed Massachusetts’ first case of silicosis in a man who worked for a stone countertop fabrication and installation company for 14 years The Massachusetts Department of Health ...

If you are exposed to silica (quartz) dust at work - e.g. from working with concrete and granite - you have a greater risk of certain types of rheumatic disease. This is shown by results from Aarhus ...