The Health and Safety Executive has announced new guidance in an attempt to prevent avoidable deaths of stoneworkers from silicosis.

Trendy fake stone worktops linked to dozens of deaths have finally been banned as new rules are introduced to keep workers ...

The UK has recorded more than 50 confirmed cases and four deaths from silicosis, an irreversible, long-term lung disease.

A worker told he has just weeks to live after developing a lung disease brought on by years of cutting kitchen worktops is taking legal action against his former employers. Dad-of-three Marek Marzec, ...

Campaigners have issued urgent warnings over quartz worktops after workers were linked to a deadly incurable disease.

Ryan Fenton was diagnosed with silicosis at the age of 47 and is among those who want to see quartz kitchen worktops banned ...

Testing workers to detect cases of silicosis in young quartz stonemasons could catch the disease early and avoid the need for lung transplants, experts say ...

DEATHS from an incurable lung disease linked to trendy kitchen worktops are rising – as doctors warn that cases have surged 450 per cent in a year. Young stonemasons, many of them in their ...

When cut or polished, the slabs release clouds of microscopic dust that can scar the lungs beyond repair, causing a deadly form of silicosis.

Wren Kitchens are among firms joining a new safety kitemark scheme to protect workers from a deadly lung disease ...