Silicosis is one of the three most important occupationally-related dust diseases in Australia. Analysis* confirmed over 1,000 pneumoconiosis-related fatalities occurred during 1979 to 2002, 56% of which were caused by asbestosis, 38% by silicosis and 6% by Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis (CWP). This week in the US, it was reported** that the Occupational Safety and Health […]