Experts says hundreds in California have fallen ill making “a product we do not need” Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in 2021. Nearly 600 ...

Hundreds of California workers who fabricated engineered-stone countertops have been diagnosed with silicosis, a serious and ...

Silicosis is an incurable disease caused by exposure to microscopic dust in slabs of artificial stone.

The blending powder in Starbucks' new blended refreshers has reportedly given baristas coughs and headaches.

A new report documenting California's rapidly growing silicosis epidemic among quartz countertop workers underscores the urgent need for a national effort focused on stronger surveillance, earlier ...

Respiratory therapist Marcy Freeman doesn’t need a research study to confirm for her a return to the dark days of coal mining ...

Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more ...

Starbucks baristas report respiratory issues linked to a new blending powder used in frozen drinks, raising safety concerns and prompting calls for a recipe review.

Specifically, according to research at Heriot-Watt University, and published in the journal Physics of Fluids, microplastics can acquire memory of earlier ocean travel that shapes their future ...

Tunnel workers carving out some of the nation's multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects were repeatedly exposed to levels of silica dust far beyond the workplace standard, according to previously ...

Silica dust is created when materials such as concrete, brick, stone and mortar are cut, drilled, ground or crushed. Breathing in this fine dust can cause serious, permanent health problems.