#silicosis — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #silicosis, aggregated by home.social.
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LA Times: Hundreds of California stonecutters fall ill with deadly disease ‘for a product we do not need’
"...Latino men who cut artificial-stone countertops in California are falling ill from an incurable and deadly lung disease at an alarming rate, a new study finds.
These workers are developing silicosis, a condition in which microscopic silica dust contained in the stone slabs they grind and polish is cutting up the inside of their lungs until the organs fail...."
"“It’s become clear that this product engineered stone countertops ... cannot be manufactured safely and economically,..."
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Workers who create kitchen countertops out of engineered stone containing crystalline silica risk developing silicosis or lung cancer.
#Science #Health #Silicosis #LungCancer #Cancer #PublicHealth
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"H.R. 5437, authored by California Republican Rep. Tom McClintock, would dismiss about 500 filed lawsuits — and prohibit additional ones — by workers seeking monetary damages for injuries after inhaling toxic silica dust generated when cutting artificial stone to make kitchen and bathroom countertops." #silicosis https://www.kqed.org/news/12086113/california-lawmaker-pushes-immunity-for-stone-makers-amid-silicosis-epidemic
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#miners #Appalachia #coverups #WestVirginia #silicosis #history
"America’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster And the Cover-Up That Erased It from History
The men came to West Virginia wanting nothing more than honest work. Instead, they faced a silent killer.
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According to Union Carbide’s own records, of the 1,500 men who worked exclusively inside the tunnel during its construction, 1,115 were Black, and almost none were from the local area.
Awaiting them in the tunnel’s path: thousands of feet of solid rock that, when blasted and drilled and chiseled and shoveled, transformed into tiny, glass-like particles that sliced a million little cuts into your lung tissue until slowly, slowly, slowly, over years even, you died.
(. . .)
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) notes that respirable crystalline silica, created 'when cutting, sawing, grinding, drilling, and crushing stone [or] rock,' is made up of particles 100 times smaller than a grain of sand, and that anyone who inhales it is at a higher risk of developing a horrific, irreversible, and incurable disease called silicosis. OSHA wasn’t established until 1970, but these facts were well-known by the time the Hawk’s Nest project was underway, and engineers and executives at Union Carbide would have been aware of the risk.
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He reconstructed all of it, and it is all chilling, and the most chilling parts of the book are the descriptions of life for the tunnel workers. The discrepancies between the living conditions of Black and white workers are particularly striking: Laborers lived in two-room shanties, with two bunk beds in each room. Black workers slept eight to 12 in a shanty; whites just four. Black shanties had no electricity, while those housing the white workers did.
Never did the company that Union Carbide had formed to oversee the project, the New Kanawha Power Company, measure dust levels in the tunnel, which would have been a common practice even then."
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When corporations push risk downward and lobby immunity upward, that’s not growth — it’s control.
Corporations vs people. Same move. Different decade.
#WorkersRights #CorporatePower #Silicosis #OSHA #NPR #Democrats #Republicans #Accountability #AI
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"Between 1,000 to 1,500 stoneworkers in California could develop #silicosis within the next decade, leading to roughly 285 deaths, according to California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA. The state is home to about 5,000 #countertop fabrication workers, predominantly Latino immigrants" https://www.kqed.org/news/12064693/california-doctors-urge-ban-on-engineered-stone-as-silicosis-cases-surge
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"...The once-active father of four now awaits a double lung transplant. He can no longer support his family or walk a few steps without pausing to catch his breath. Two stonecutter friends died after working with the man-made material, also known as artificial stone or quartz. Three others are on a waitlist for lung transplants, he said...."
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LAist: California doctors urge ban on engineered stone as silicosis cases surge
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📌Invisibilidad y fraude preventivo con la enfermedad profesional
https://carabanchel.net/invisibilidad-y-fraude-preventivo-con-la-enfermedad-profesional/
#Carabanchel #Madrid #Amianto #cancer #EEPP #enfermedadeslaborales #enfermedadesprofesionales #oit #ruido #silicosis -
The DOGE Destruction We Aren't Seeing - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/doge-silicosis-prevention/682745/
#Silicosis
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Beware of the #dangers of #Silicon #Dioxide!
- Silicon Dioxide is a side product of dehydration of #asbestos
- Inhaling Silicon Dioxide causes #silicosis which is a condition that can fatally damage the lungs
- Silicon Dioxide is commonly used to contain #DihydrogenMonoxide
- Silicon Dioxide is a substance frequently warned about on packages
- Silicon Dioxide is used to manufacture #5G endpoint devices
- Silicon Dioxide is used by the #military to direct the effect of #TerahertzRadiation at the intended target
- Silicon Dioxide is a chemical known to the State of #California to cause #cancer.
- Silicon Dioxide is an essential component of #Molotov Cocktails
- Substantial amounts of Silicon Dioxide are often among trash washed up by the sea
- Silicon Dioxide, even in form of medium sized crystals, is a known "chicken killer"
- Silicon Dioxide is, as known for a long time, where the #foolish man built his home
- Silicon Dioxide is a commonly used extinguishing agent for Class D fires
- Contact with Silicon Dioxide often causes bleeding and injuries up to and including death
- Silicon Dioxide is used to enhance the effect of abrasive blasting, and can even chip away at steel
- Silicon Dioxide is often shipped alongside other dangerous chemicals such as #SulfuricAcid
- Just small quantities of Silicon Dioxide in your bed can cause #insomnia
Despite all this, even today Silicon Dioxide is still used as a building material for homes! #SiliconDioxide #conspiracy
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My high school #Art #Ceramics teacher was Clare Binney; famous as one of the actresses in the notorious #Australian #Film Don's Party.
The thing "Miss Binney" drilled into us was how astoundingly dangerous ceramics materials were, even just the dust from dry clay (wet cleanup mandated), the consequences of #Silicosis, and the need to wear respirators.
That was the most important thing I learned in high school. I give thanks to her every time I put on my PPE in studio.
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Pure capitalism: increase profits through exporting the costs onto human lives.
20s and 30s workers, now suffering from a disease we thought was largely a thing of the past.
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Australia bans engineered stone, workers elsewhere demand the same
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/19/australia-bans-engineered-stone-workers-elsewhere-demand-the-same/
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Banned bc of potter's lung #silicosis
Australia Bans Engineered Stone, Workers Elsewhere Demand The Same | Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/19/australia-bans-engineered-stone-workers-elsewhere-demand-the-same/ -
Australia Bans Engineered Stone, Workers Elsewhere Demand The Same - Engineered stone, also known as artificial stone or composite stone, has become a ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/19/australia-bans-engineered-stone-workers-elsewhere-demand-the-same/ #hackadaycolumns #engineeredstone #mischacks #silicosis #asbestos #quartz
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Australia to ban engineered stone
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-13/engineered-stone-ban-discussed-at-ministers-meeting/103224362
#ycombinator #stone #bench #kitchen #bathroom #engineered_stone #ministers #meeting #ban #banned #illegal #decision #silicosis #silica #workers #manufacturing #Aurea_Stone #Caesarstone #RHF_Stone #Silestone #Smartstone #Stone_Ambassador #YDL_Stone #benchtop #renovation #bunnings -
Australia to Ban Engineered Stone
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-13/engineered-stone-ban-discussed-at-ministers-meeting/103224362
#ycombinator #stone #bench #kitchen #bathroom #engineered_stone #ministers #meeting #ban #banned #illegal #decision #silicosis #silica #workers #manufacturing #Aurea_Stone #Caesarstone #RHF_Stone #Silestone #Smartstone #Stone_Ambassador #YDL_Stone #benchtop #renovation #bunnings
