A debate article argues that health impact assessment should be a legal duty in critical mineral extraction across East and Southern Africa, where health risks to workers and communities are poorly monitored. Subject of Research: Health impact assessment in critical…
After his second biopsy, Hanicker got a medical bill for roughly $100,000. That’s when, somewhat reluctantly, he opted to join the hundreds of workers nationwide who are suing the manufacturers of the products—crystalline silica-based countertops, or artificial stone—they hold…
Dust from cutting engineered stone countertops — made from crushed quartz bound with resin and containing 90% or more crystalline silica, far higher than granite or marble — has sickened hundreds of workers around the country with silicosis, an incurable lung disease. In…
FORT SCOTT — Lab tests commissioned by Bourbon County found asbestos in damaged pipe insulation and fittings in the courthouse, according to reports in the commission’s Oct. 19 agenda packet under “Asbestos Report – Beerbower.” APEX recommends removal by a KDHE-licensed contractor, with…
A USask mouse study combining endotoxin and glyphosate exposure found lung changes only synchrotron imaging could detect The study used a mouse model – specifically female mice, with a companion paper comparing male and female response still forthcoming – exposed over five…
PR Newswire NOVATO, Calif., Oct. 16, 2026 Silicosis Prevention and Treatment Act would expand screening, treatment, education, and patient care as California artificial stone fabrication workers face a growing number of cases NOVATO, Calif., Oct. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Brayton Purcell LLP welcomes…
October 16, 2026 / 3:13 PM MDT / CBS Colorado The Environmental Protection Agency says it has completed a major cleanup of a contaminated site in southern Colorado after a fire destroyed a former hospital. The former Lamme Hospital and abandoned residence in Walsenburg was…
Oct 16, 2026, 13:44 ET Silicosis Prevention and Treatment Act would expand screening, treatment, education, and patient care as California artificial stone fabrication workers face a growing number of cases NOVATO, Calif., Oct. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Brayton Purcell LLP welcomes new federal legislation that would…
In March 2019, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) received a report of an apparent cluster of multiple cases of silicosis among workers associated with occupational silica dust exposures that occurred during the manufacture, finishing, and installation of stone…
A wave of litigation related to irreversible lung damage suffered by workers who cut and install quartz countertops has reached federal court in Austin, where insurance providers are trying to bow out of coverage for businesses that have been hit…
Chemical exposure at work: silica, asbestos, benzene and solvents, occupational disease among workers, and OSHA rules and enforcement.
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