Mum contracts deadly disease inhaling quarry dust leaving her with 'life sentence'https://t.co/aCygnvMgdY
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 9, 2021
In the UK, the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) wrote to MPs in 2020 urging them to take action to prevent avoidable deaths and illness caused by exposure to respirable crystalline silica.The BOHS said an estimated 2.2 million workers in the construction industry could be at risk of aggressive respiratory diseases, including silicosis, cancer and the risk of tuberculosis.And that around 500 UK construction workers die each year just from silicosis.While the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine lists the disease as also increasing vulnerability for those infected by Covid-19.
