Lung disease caused by silica dust - iview

Once this begins, it leads to scarring and, in some situations, to a condition called progressive massive fibrosis.

Robert Cohen, clinical professor of environmental and occupational health sciences and director of the  at UIC.

Living with pneumoconiosis Pneumoconiosis is a chronic, long-term, lung disease.

He wants the rest of the country to ban the practice and enforce wet processing, where dust is suppressed by using water on the engineered stone.