Silicosis

Close to 40% of Hispanic men employed as engineered stone countertop workers with silicosis had an atypical pattern of the disease on CT imaging, according to research presented at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting.

Eighteen cases of silicosis in stone fabrication workers have highlighted the occupational risk faced by those who work with engineered stone, according to findings published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.