As the race to send humans to Mars intensifies, scientists are sounding the alarm about a silent threat that could undermine ...

To mark World TB Day the Minerals Council South Africa launched its Ex-Mineworkers Occupational Lung Disease (OLD) Guide in multiple languages, that include in English, isiXhosa, Sesotho and ...

Inhaling crystalline silica can cause inflammation and scarring of your lungs, known as silicosis. This condition most commonly occurs in people who work with certain types of rock, sand ...

Additionally, the IL-1RA +2018 genotype was significantly linked to a predisposition to coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) and silicosis. The IL-6 -634 mutant significantly decreased silicosis and CWP ...

Chronic bronchitis Cystic fibrosis Emphysema Empyema Epilepsy Bronchiectasis Asthma Asbestosis Extrinsic allergic alveolitis Fibrosing alveolitis Sarcoidosis Silicosis Granulomatous lung disease ...

From wetting the bed to acne, we have crunched the numbers on the success rate of every single disability claim. It comes after the Work and Pensions Secretary announced plans to wipe £5billion off ...

SafeWork NSW is carrying out an investigation following reports that 13 tunnelling workers have been diagnosed with silicosis, according to reports. Trent Curtin, head of SafeWork NSW, told ABC News ...

The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) has condemned a "health disaster" on site during the construction of Sydney's M6 tunnel, where 13 workers reported having the deadly lung disease silicosis ...

Silicosis cases were identified by re-reading x-rays of ... of two radiologists certified in the B-reading and classification of chest radiographs for pneumoconiosis according to ILO 2000, blinded to ...

Revelations in today's The Sun Herald 13 tunnel workers in the still under construction M6 tunnel have been diagnosed with silicosis should prompt immediate prosecutions by SafeWork NSW to bring those ...

Thirteen people, including a 32-year-old, working on the M6 tunnel have been diagnosed with silicosis, a potentially deadly respiratory disease caused by inhaling crystalline silica, according to ...