Despite silica dust exposure being one of the earliest recognized causes of lung disease,
Australia, USA, Israel, Turkey and other countries around the world have recently …

Silicosis not a disease of the past. It is an irreversible, fibrotic lung disease specifically
caused by exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust. Over 20,000 incident cases of …

Particulate matter (PM) is one of the primary pollutants of the environment. The amount of
PM discharged from construction projects is considerably high; it generates 70–80% of the …

Humans are regularly exposed to silica nanoparticles in environmental and occupational
contexts, and these exposures have been implicated in the onset of adverse health effects …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour
Organization (ILO) are developing joint estimates of the work-related burden of disease and …

Airborne particles have been associated with a range of adverse cardiopulmonary
outcomes, which has driven its monitoring at stationary central sites throughout the world …

Construction dust contributes a significant proportion of airborne particulate matter, affecting
the health of its surrounding environment and population. Construction workers are normally …

Occupational lung diseases are an important public health issue and are avoidable through
preventive interventions in the workplace. Up-to-date knowledge about changes in exposure …

Current annual production of fly ash, a by-product from coal based thermal power plants
(TPPs), is 112 million tonnes (MT). Some of the problems associated with fly ash are large …

The purposes of this study were a) to summarize measurements of airborne (respirable)
crystalline silica dust exposure levels among US workers, b) to provide an update of the …