Workers who are required to cut cement pipe are exposed to cancer-causing asbestos fibers in the air that exceed the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) permissible level by 50 times the short-term limit, according to a January 2024 study published in the Annals of Work Exposures and Health.
The study underscores the dangers that construction workers continue to...
The increasing popularity of quartz countertops in home renovations and new construction is exposing more and more American workers to silica dust that causes incurable lung disease known as silicosis.
The danger facing workers who fabricate and install quartz and other engineered stone countertops is compounded because employers often disregard safety practices. A recent California...
Talk about black lung disease, and immediately, pictures of coal miners covered with soot in the 1930s come to mind. In reality, progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) — known as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) and commonly known as black lung disease — has become more common in contemporary miners despite safety regulations and known concerns about silica exposure.
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