It may now be time to ban artificial stone - a firm favorite for kitchen worktops in the UK - to ward off the incurable lung disease caused by its manufacturing and fitting, say a team of doctors in ...

Lung disease experts have called on the government to consider banning a popular material used for kitchen worktops after the first cases of artificial stone silicosis in the United Kingdom were ...

Silicosis, a deadly lung disease caused by breathing in kitchen stone dust, should by rights be on the wane, since the advent of modern safety equipment in the construction industry. In fact, ...