AN IMPORTANT ARTICLE REGARDING SILICA EXPOSURE..........IN THE INDUSTRY.

AN IMPORTANT ARTICLE REGARDING SILICA EXPOSURE..........IN THE INDUSTRY. 

And here in Wisconsin and elsewhere, what about the exposure to citizens not even working in the industry but exposed everyday through freshly fractured crystalline silica and fugitive dust emissions at mines, processing plants, trans-load facilities and places in between? What are the protections for non-workers?

 Thanks to the rapid growth in fracking operations, the US industrial sand production has skyrocketed over the past few years – jumping at least 50% since 2010 with more than 3/4 of this going to frac sand. This same industry, however, maintains that improved worker protection for silica dust exposure – that producing and using this sand puts workers at risk for – is too costly.

 Some of the country's largest industrial sand producers have been lobbying against OSHA's proposed new silica dust standard – and many are withholding as confidential business information production details that would help determine where exposures might be occurring

Just up on The Pump Handle:

http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2013/04/18/us-industrial-sand-production-increases-dramatically-yet-industry-says-worker-protection-too-costly/