by admin15 | Feb 2, 2016 | Silicosis News
Attempts to block new standards for exposure to silica dust highlight tensions between public health and corporate power in America’s fracking boom.Let me tell you an outrageous yet all-too-common tale of how public health science is politicized to serve powerful...
by admin15 | Feb 2, 2016 | Silicosis News
According to a new Science Blog post from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, new national data show that silicosis continues to cause or contribute to the deaths of about 100 Americans each year. Keep reading to learn more about this important...
by admin15 | Feb 2, 2016 | Silicosis News
OSHA ’s recently released fall 2015 regulatory agenda outlines the status of the agency’s currently pending prerules, proposed rules, and final rules. While most of the items on the fall 2015 list are holdovers from previous regulatory agendas, the Department of Labor...
by admin15 | Feb 2, 2016 | Silicosis News
According to L&I inspectors, company employees were exposed to silica quartz dust at 3.4 times the permissible limit during stone slab grinding operations.Dec 23, 2015Wall to Wall Tile & Stone of Vancouver, Wash., has been fined $261,000 because employees were...
by admin15 | Feb 2, 2016 | Silicosis News
Silica is a substance naturally found in certain types of stone, rock, sand and clay. Working with these materials can create a very fine dust that can be easily inhaled.Once inside the lungs, the dust particles are attacked by the immune system. This causes...
