He is unaware that with each breath his lungs carry more than just fatigue. They are lined with the inhaled red dust from which springs a slow, silent disease – silicosis. Silicosis is not new.

Silicosis is a long-term lung disease caused by inhaling large amounts of crystalline silica dust, usually over many years.

The stylish - and expensive - kitchen countertops have become a staple in millions of homes across the US but there are ...

The engineered surfaces have already been linked to more than a dozen UK cases of a lethal lung disease called artificial stone silicosis. At least two people in the UK have died after working ...