Most people know silica as the mysterious contents of desiccation packets found in vitamin bottles, high-end leather purses, clothing, and other items. But for miners and other stone cutters, silica ...

The occupational lung disease silicosis is taking the lives of stone fabrication workers in the San Fernando Valley. Laborers who cut, grind, sand, finish or polish engineered stone slabs are at risk ...

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