Marek Marzec, a 48-year-old father of three, tragically passed away after developing silicosis, a terminal lung disease ...

Crystalline silica, also referred to as “quartz”, is a common mineral found in the earth’s crust and is a basic component of the soil, sand, and granite. Cristobalite and tridymite are two other forms ...

TRENDY fake stone worktops should be banned to prevent more deaths among young people, unions have demanded. The engineered ...

which are usually composed of a mix of ground quartz, polymers, pigments and resins. When stonemasons are cutting and grinding materials, the carcinogen respirable crystalline silica dust (RCS ...

California has adopted a permanent standard to protect workers from silica dust exposure, addressing the risks of silicosis ...

It requires that the vitreous modification of a substance should be harder than the crystalline ... of vitreous silica to be less hard than either of the principal faces of quartz.

Australian Silica Quartz Group has initiated an aircore drilling program at its Koolyanobbing Metals Project to explore gold mineralization at the Golden Wishbone Prospect. The project aims to ...