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- Massachusetts Public Health Officials Issue Safety Alert to Employers . . .
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today issued a safety alert urging employers in the stone countertop fabrication industry to protect workers from silica dust exposure, following the first confirmed case of silicosis among this workforce in Massachusetts Silicosis is a preventable, yet incurable and progressive lung disease caused by inhaling crystalline silica
- Massachusetts confirms first case of incurable lung disease
Massachusetts has reported its first case of silicosis, a fatal and incurable lung disease spread from dust produced when making stone countertops The state’s Department of Public Health said
- Stone Countertop Exposure Linked to First Case of Incurable, Life . . .
Health officials confirmed Massachusetts’ first case of silicosis, an incurable and life-threatening lung disease, warning that this suggests that additional, unconfirmed cases could exist The
- Massachusetts reports first case of deadly lung disease linked to stone . . .
Silicosis is a preventable, yet incurable and progressive lung disease caused by inhaling crystalline silica, which is found naturally in granite and other stones Health officials in Massachusetts issued a safety alert after a man who has worked with stone countertops for over a decade was recently
- Mass. health officials issue safety alert after state’s 1st confirmed . . .
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Tuesday issued a safety alert after the first confirmed case of silicosis within the state’s stone countertop fabrication workforce Silicosis is a preventable, yet incurable and progressive lung disease caused by inhaling crystalline silica, which is found naturally in granite and other stones State health officials say the first
- Massachusetts confirms first silicosis case linked to quartz . . .
Massachusetts confirms its first case of silicosis, an incurable lung disease, in a 40-year-old stone countertop worker exposed to silica dust
- Massachusetts worker in stone countertop industry is state’s first case . . .
A longtime worker in the Massachusetts stone countertop industry has been diagnosed with a "devastating, life-altering disease," as state health officials alert employers
- Dangerous lung disease caused by quartz countertops in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, health officials have confirmed the first case of an incurable lung disease linked to working on certain kitchen countertops The condition, known as silicosis, is caused by inhaling crystalline silica dust released when cutting, grinding and polishing quartz
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