This is a huge victory for labor rights! Worker groups were able to expedite the investigatory process.
It's primarily immigrants who have been dying.
California Steps Closer to Ban on Engineered Stone After Silicosis Surge | KQED share.google/8dw9BTq4ir4R...
It's primarily immigrants who have been dying.
California Steps Closer to Ban on Engineered Stone After Silicosis Surge | KQED share.google/8dw9BTq4ir4R...
California Steps Closer to Ban on Engineered Stone After Silicosis Surge | KQED
California regulators advanced a proposal to ban artificial stone countertops linked to silicosis from toxic silica dust, beginning rulemaking to prohibit engineered stone with more than 1% crystallin...
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May 24, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is a huge victory for labor rights! Worker groups were able to expedite the investigatory process.
It's primarily immigrants who have been dying.
California Steps Closer to Ban on Engineered Stone After Silicosis Surge | KQED share.google/8dw9BTq4ir4R...
It's primarily immigrants who have been dying.
California Steps Closer to Ban on Engineered Stone After Silicosis Surge | KQED share.google/8dw9BTq4ir4R...
also, the silicosis thing
“You do you” Covid policies left many of us with N95s as our main line of defence against repeat infection.
Respirators make public spaces accessible. They allow us to attend healthcare appointments without forced infection.
Cutting the people who ensure their quality will endanger disabled lives.
Respirators make public spaces accessible. They allow us to attend healthcare appointments without forced infection.
Cutting the people who ensure their quality will endanger disabled lives.
Among cuts at HHS: most of the workers at NIOSH, incl Pittsburgh national lab that approves and ensures continued quality of respirators - N95s + breathing devices for firefighters, miners, people working w chemicals, construction dust. “Nothing is happening to make sure they continue to be safe”
April 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
also, the silicosis thing
THEY BROUGHT BACK FUCKING SILICOSIS?!
This isn't my usual content but there's infuriating, anti-labor legislation being weighed right now in the US to protect quartz manufacturers from consequences for their product causing silicosis in stone cutters at alarming rates- everyone needs to know about it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/silicos...
www.cbsnews.com/news/silicos...
Disease once linked to mining hits workers in countertops industry
Crystalline silica, which is released into the air when workers cut and polish engineered stone for kitchen countertops, can scar human lungs beyond repair.
www.cbsnews.com
March 30, 2026 at 1:02 AM
THEY BROUGHT BACK FUCKING SILICOSIS?!
California bill calls for certification for stonecutting shops amid worker deaths from silicosis
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
California bill calls for certification for stonecutting shops amid worker deaths from silicosis
California has seen a rise in countertop cutters falling ill with silicosis, an incurable and deadly disease. A new bill aims to improve worker safety.
www.latimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:52 AM
California bill calls for certification for stonecutting shops amid worker deaths from silicosis
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Sickened workers called into the May 21 hearing from job sites, hospitals and their homes to describe the physical pain and emotional toll silicosis has inflicted on them and their families.
capitalandmain.com/california-m...
capitalandmain.com/california-m...
California Moves to Ban Quartz Countertop Fabrication to Combat Silicosis Epidemic
The incurable lung disease has killed 31 countertop workers and sickened 560, numbers that are expected to keep climbing while regulators draft emergency rules.
capitalandmain.com
May 27, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Sickened workers called into the May 21 hearing from job sites, hospitals and their homes to describe the physical pain and emotional toll silicosis has inflicted on them and their families.
capitalandmain.com/california-m...
capitalandmain.com/california-m...
New podcast about our investigation (www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...) into artificial stone silicosis: swap.fm/l/hjLEObgNKY...
‘Death Sentences’: Crafting America’s Favorite Countertops Is Killing Workers
Hundreds of workers who’ve contracted silicosis are suing the artificial stone industry for billions. While California weighs a ban on fabricating the product, the manufacturers’ defenders in Congress...
www.bloomberg.com
September 26, 2026 at 12:06 AM
New podcast about our investigation (www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...) into artificial stone silicosis: swap.fm/l/hjLEObgNKY...
Y SI NO TENIAN SUFIENTE CON FUMIGARNOS AHORA NOS METEN SILICOSIS EN LAS CAZUELAS
MALDITA AGENDA 2030
MALDITA AGENDA 2030
January 31, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Y SI NO TENIAN SUFIENTE CON FUMIGARNOS AHORA NOS METEN SILICOSIS EN LAS CAZUELAS
MALDITA AGENDA 2030
MALDITA AGENDA 2030
Silicosis sucks...when I started in the Trona mine in 1979 they told us the dust was water soluble, therefore it just dissolved in your lungs and you coughed it up.
It wasn't and you don't.
Never a full deep breath again, Silicosis sucks.
It wasn't and you don't.
Never a full deep breath again, Silicosis sucks.
April 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Silicosis sucks...when I started in the Trona mine in 1979 they told us the dust was water soluble, therefore it just dissolved in your lungs and you coughed it up.
It wasn't and you don't.
Never a full deep breath again, Silicosis sucks.
It wasn't and you don't.
Never a full deep breath again, Silicosis sucks.
“Explore opportunities in silicosis” 💀
April 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“Explore opportunities in silicosis” 💀
This is my Grandfather Joe MacNeil with his annual silicosis photograph.
Joe was a beautiful man who died from deliberate poisoning.
He was forced to breathe aluminum dust every day at work.
The aluminum coated men's lungs and hid evidence of lesions in x-rays.
Labour Day matters. Now more than ever
Joe was a beautiful man who died from deliberate poisoning.
He was forced to breathe aluminum dust every day at work.
The aluminum coated men's lungs and hid evidence of lesions in x-rays.
Labour Day matters. Now more than ever
September 7, 2026 at 11:31 PM
This is my Grandfather Joe MacNeil with his annual silicosis photograph.
Joe was a beautiful man who died from deliberate poisoning.
He was forced to breathe aluminum dust every day at work.
The aluminum coated men's lungs and hid evidence of lesions in x-rays.
Labour Day matters. Now more than ever
Joe was a beautiful man who died from deliberate poisoning.
He was forced to breathe aluminum dust every day at work.
The aluminum coated men's lungs and hid evidence of lesions in x-rays.
Labour Day matters. Now more than ever
"silicosis treatment home remedy -prescription" shortly thereafter
August 13, 2025 at 5:19 AM
"silicosis treatment home remedy -prescription" shortly thereafter
So what *is* occupational epidemiology (besides the thing our revived NIOSH colleagues do)?
It's how we know that workers who make stone countertops can get silicosis, an incurable respiratory disease, just by doing their jobs: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
It's how we know that workers who make stone countertops can get silicosis, an incurable respiratory disease, just by doing their jobs: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Deadly Countertops: An Urgent Need to Eliminate Silicosis among Engineered Stone Workers
An official website of the United States government
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 15, 2026 at 2:10 AM
So what *is* occupational epidemiology (besides the thing our revived NIOSH colleagues do)?
It's how we know that workers who make stone countertops can get silicosis, an incurable respiratory disease, just by doing their jobs: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
It's how we know that workers who make stone countertops can get silicosis, an incurable respiratory disease, just by doing their jobs: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
🧪Silicosis, una enfermedad profesional presente en nuestros días.
Por Susana Fuentes Gómez en Trabajo digno, pensión justa.
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/trabajo-digno-pension-justa/silicosis-una-enfermedad-profesional-presente-dias
Por Susana Fuentes Gómez en Trabajo digno, pensión justa.
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/trabajo-digno-pension-justa/silicosis-una-enfermedad-profesional-presente-dias
March 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🧪Silicosis, una enfermedad profesional presente en nuestros días.
Por Susana Fuentes Gómez en Trabajo digno, pensión justa.
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/trabajo-digno-pension-justa/silicosis-una-enfermedad-profesional-presente-dias
Por Susana Fuentes Gómez en Trabajo digno, pensión justa.
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/trabajo-digno-pension-justa/silicosis-una-enfermedad-profesional-presente-dias
California regulators voted Thursday to impose a permanent set of workplace rules aimed at protecting countertop cutters from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been killing young workers.
California board backs rules aimed at protecting workers from deadly silicosis
California regulators voted to continue imposing workplace rules to protect countertop cutters from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been killing young workers.
www.latimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:05 PM
California regulators voted Thursday to impose a permanent set of workplace rules aimed at protecting countertop cutters from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been killing young workers.
You know what? Let’s all just bring back Formica countertops. They last forever, glass doesn’t instantly shatter on contact with them, and they don’t give workers silicosis
California bill calls for certification for stonecutting shops amid worker deaths from silicosis
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
California bill calls for certification for stonecutting shops amid worker deaths from silicosis
California has seen a rise in countertop cutters falling ill with silicosis, an incurable and deadly disease. A new bill aims to improve worker safety.
www.latimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:28 PM
You know what? Let’s all just bring back Formica countertops. They last forever, glass doesn’t instantly shatter on contact with them, and they don’t give workers silicosis
"Also, you have silicosis."
July 30, 2024 at 1:25 AM
"Also, you have silicosis."
Holy shit as a former mine worker this is insane. Silicosis is just one of those things MSHA is fully aware of and fuck me man this is dire. Gonna lead to some terrifying slow miserable deaths years down the road
Last week, Trump signed an executive order promising to scrap environmental protections and supercharge coal production.
Within hours, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced it would pause the enforcement of a life-saving silica dust rule—a direct attack on coal miners.
Within hours, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced it would pause the enforcement of a life-saving silica dust rule—a direct attack on coal miners.
Trump Just Escalated His War on Coal Miners. Their Unions Are Fighting Back.
The Trump administration’s feckless business-first, workers-last approach is leaving the nation’s coal miners to die—and now their unions are taking him to court.
inthesetimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Holy shit as a former mine worker this is insane. Silicosis is just one of those things MSHA is fully aware of and fuck me man this is dire. Gonna lead to some terrifying slow miserable deaths years down the road
This Day in Labor History: March 30, 1930. The Hawk’s Nest tunnel project near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia began, tunneling through the New River. Upwards of 1,000 black workers would die of silicosis, possibly the worst workplace health disaster in American history! Let's talk about this horror!
March 30, 2026 at 1:16 PM
This Day in Labor History: March 30, 1930. The Hawk’s Nest tunnel project near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia began, tunneling through the New River. Upwards of 1,000 black workers would die of silicosis, possibly the worst workplace health disaster in American history! Let's talk about this horror!
There is a major national silicosis epidemic.
Unless steps are taken to change what’s going on now, in a very dramatic way, we’ll continue to see more and more workers develop silicosis and die from silicosis.
Don't miss this powerful article by Semantha Raquel Norris, @capitalandmain.bsky.social
Unless steps are taken to change what’s going on now, in a very dramatic way, we’ll continue to see more and more workers develop silicosis and die from silicosis.
Don't miss this powerful article by Semantha Raquel Norris, @capitalandmain.bsky.social
April 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
There is a major national silicosis epidemic.
Unless steps are taken to change what’s going on now, in a very dramatic way, we’ll continue to see more and more workers develop silicosis and die from silicosis.
Don't miss this powerful article by Semantha Raquel Norris, @capitalandmain.bsky.social
Unless steps are taken to change what’s going on now, in a very dramatic way, we’ll continue to see more and more workers develop silicosis and die from silicosis.
Don't miss this powerful article by Semantha Raquel Norris, @capitalandmain.bsky.social
Silicosis: muerte en suspensión dozz.es/09ze21
Silicosis: muerte en suspensión
dozz.es
September 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Silicosis: muerte en suspensión dozz.es/09ze21
Concerning NIOSH: I worked in miner safety & hygiene for years. Every piece of respiratory protection equipment that we put into service required NIOSH approval as a starting point. I’m talking about silicosis & mesothelioma prevention - serious stuff. NIOSH approval is the gold standard.
April 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Concerning NIOSH: I worked in miner safety & hygiene for years. Every piece of respiratory protection equipment that we put into service required NIOSH approval as a starting point. I’m talking about silicosis & mesothelioma prevention - serious stuff. NIOSH approval is the gold standard.
Mi abuelo y mi padre trabajaron para la Real Compañía Asturiana de Minas, mi abuelo era dinamitero y murió de silicosis con 35 años, un día después de que lo hiciera su compañero de explosiones.
Permitid que esta semana sea del Sporting.
Permitid que esta semana sea del Sporting.
April 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Mi abuelo y mi padre trabajaron para la Real Compañía Asturiana de Minas, mi abuelo era dinamitero y murió de silicosis con 35 años, un día después de que lo hiciera su compañero de explosiones.
Permitid que esta semana sea del Sporting.
Permitid que esta semana sea del Sporting.
If you’ve ever wondered why I care so much about coal miners and black lung and silicosis, well, this essay will probably give you a good idea.
April 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If you’ve ever wondered why I care so much about coal miners and black lung and silicosis, well, this essay will probably give you a good idea.
‼️Los retrasos diagnósticos provocaron el “agravamiento evitable” de la silicosis en empleados de la multinacional Cosentino
Los retrasos diagnósticos provocaron el "agravamiento evitable" de la silicosis en empleados de la multinacional Cosentino
Informes del Instituto de Medicina Legal aportados a la investigación penal de un juzgado almeriense apuntan a la presunta responsabilidad de médicos y servicios de prevención contratados por la empre...
www.eldiario.es
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
‼️Los retrasos diagnósticos provocaron el “agravamiento evitable” de la silicosis en empleados de la multinacional Cosentino