There are over 70 diseases that are covered by the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit, which can pay out up to £225.60 a ...

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) is a benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) designed at ...

Silicosis is a serious, incurable lung disease caused by inhaling small particles of silica dust. You might have heard about it in people who work with engineered stone. But silica is more widespread.

(SFVS/el Sol Photo/Semantha Raquel Norris) This is part 2 of a series on silicosis. In Sun Valley, the hum of saws and sanders grinding away echoes from the rows of stone fabrication shops. The young ...

Around 10% of underground tunnel workers in Queensland could develop silicosis, our new study has found. Silicosis is a serious, incurable lung disease caused by inhaling small particles of silica ...

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney have developed a new diagnostic tool that analyzes a person's breath for signs of silicosis — a lung disease caused by inhaling tiny ...

Nearly half of Mars dust consists of silica, which on Earth is known to cause silicosis, an incurable lung disease that progressively scars lung tissue. The Martian silica particles measure about 3 ...

A major scam has been unveiled in Rajasthan, where doctors were found to be involved in helping individuals pretending to be suffering from silicosis get financial assistance from the government.

Silicosis is a serious, incurable lung disease caused by inhaling small particles of silica dust. You might have heard about it in people who work with engineered stone. But silica is more widespread.

Chennai: Hot-mix plants set up for road-laying work release fine silica dust that can cause silicosis, a chronic and irreversible lung disease. As public health and safety of people living near ...

Mandler conducted studies on fryable particles in the workplace and was most recently studying engineered stone, the source of a deadly disease called silicosis. Mandler said at 5 a.m. On Monday ...