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‘There’s No Good Dust’: What Happens After Quartz Countertops Leave The Factory
Slabs of engineered quartz are cut to order in thousands of shops around the country that may not adequately protect workers from dangerous levels of the lung-damaging contaminant.
Lawmakers Seek Protections For Workers Against Lung Damage Tied To Making Countertops
In a letter, they urge the Labor Department to ensure safe levels of silica dust at workplaces that cut popular “engineered stone.” At least 18 workers have recently suffered severe lung damage.
Workers Are Falling Ill, Even Dying, After Making Kitchen Countertops
Irreversible lung disease has started to show up among young workers who cut, grind and polish countertops made of increasingly popular “engineered” stone. The material is more than 90 percent silica.
How To Teach Future Doctors About Pain In The Midst Of The Opioid Crisis
Around 20% of U.S. adults live with chronic pain. Medical schools traditionally haven’t dedicated much time to teaching about pain and pain control, but one top school now has a mandatory course.
Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White ‘Dude Walls’ Of Honor
Historic portraits of revered scientists and doctors can be found all over medical schools and universities — and, as it happens, most feature white men. Some say this sends the wrong message.
How The CDC’s Reluctance To Use The ‘F-Word’ — Firearms — Hinders Suicide Prevention
Congress has told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not to “advocate or promote gun control.” That directive complicates the public health agency’s efforts to prevent suicide.
Report For Defense Department Ranks Top Threats From ‘Synthetic Biology’
A committee of experts examined about a dozen different synthetic biology technologies that could be potentially misused. For each, they considered how likely it was to be usable as a weapon.
Credibility Concerns Lead NIH To End Study Of Alcohol’s Health Effects
Scientists and National Institutes of Health officials met with alcohol company executives and appeared to solicit money from them in violation of government policy. The NIH canceled the study.
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