California Quartz Workers Face Deadly Lung Disease Crisis

Hundreds of California quartz countertop fabrication workers have developed incurable silicosis, prompting urgent public health warnings and regulatory crackdowns as state data links engineered-stone exposure to dozens of deaths. According to the California Department of Public Health and an analysis published in NEJM Evidence, state tracking identified 592 cases of engineered-stone silicosis among workers between … Read more

Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers: Hidden Risk Factors You Need to Know

Lung cancer is no longer exclusively a smoker’s disease, as rising global incidence rates and clinical observations challenge long-held medical assumptions. Worldwide, approximately 2.5 million people were diagnosed with lung cancer annually in 2022, reflecting an age-adjusted standardized ratio of roughly 24 cases per 100,000 people. While male incidence rates have declined across most countries … Read more