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Workers (especially immigrants) making artificial-stone slabs for popular kitchen countertops are developing silicosis, a potentially deadly, irreversible lung disease from tiny particles of toxic ...

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Workers (especially immigrants) making artificial-stone slabs for popular kitchen countertops are developing silicosis, a potentially deadly, irreversible lung disease from tiny particles of toxic ... - Infosec.Pub

This case series describes clinical, socioeconomic, and occupational characteristics of patients diagnosed with silicosis associated with occupational exposure

Jul 29, 2023 at 12:21pmWeb
Show threadmikeyBoy14Jul 29, 2023
Your title reads like immigrants are more susceptible to silicosis than non-immigrants.
Show threadReddit x-posterJul 29, 2023

🤖 bleep bloop 🤖

Noted and fixed.

🤖 bleep bloop 🤖

Show threadViper_NZJul 29, 2023

Wet cutting, ventilation, properly fitted with masks.

This is unsafe work practices rather than an issue with the stone.

Show threadArbiterXeroJul 29, 2023

Ain’t that true for so many things?

And given the scale of these operations it’s not a HUGE percentage, but you know…. Profits.