Although the Trump administration has not announced major personnel cuts to OSHA yet, the agency’s ability to prevent silicosis is under threat as well. DOGE has announced that 11 OSHA offices, along ...

a long-forgotten example of the occupational dangers of silica dust — and the government's response to death on its doorstep. "The town of the living dead" The Union Carbide and Carbon Corp ...

Union Carbide, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical ... who were mostly African-American, were exposed to silica. Many of the workers were denied the use of respirators and over 700 were ...

The Biden administration agreed Tuesday to limit workers' exposure to toxic silica dust, a common byproduct in U.S. mining operations. The federal rule will reduce the allowable level of silica ...

The carbides could achieve improved communications and thermal regulation in technologies including satellites and hypersonic aircraft. A group of scientists led by Duke University have engineered ...