Silicosis is a serious, incurable lung disease caused by inhaling small particles of silica dust.
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Researchers are developing new ways to produce widely used silica nanomaterials so that these substances and any by-products won’t harm the environment.
Here are some options and what they mean for the health of tradies who cut and install them.
When it comes to cleaning up land contaminated by toxic waste, we can follow nature’s example before humans populated the earth.
There are ‘jewels’ among the piles of ash that remain once sugarcane’s fibrous material is burned.
Artificial stone, which is used mainly for kitchen benchtops, is a potent source of silica dust, which can scar the lung and cause lung cancer. Banning artificial stone could save lives.
A new way of getting functioning vaccines to where they are needed.
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