Calls have risen in the UK to consider a ban on quartz based work top, which when cut, produces large amounts of silica dust ...

The prognosis for silicosis is poor, with gradually worsening lung function leading to respiratory failure. The disease also makes patients more vulnerable to infection in the lungs, chronic ...

A Scots grandad is set to sue a brickworks after being diagnosed with an incurable lung disease. John McCrae, 79, claims he ...

The government is consulting on whether to follow Australia in banning engineered stone benchtops, or to stop short of one.

A Filipino stonemason named Ronnie Ponggos was diagnosed with chronic silicosis, an incurable lung disease. It is caused by inhaling fine silica dust from cutting and processing stone benchtops ...

The disease also makes patients more vulnerable to infection in the lungs, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, autoimmune disease and lung cancer. In recent years, a resurgence of silicosis has ...

Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers Silicosis has been linked to lung cancer, kidney disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Picture: NewsWire / Supplied However, a Sydney Metro ...