Artificial stone silicosis
Jo Feary talks about artificial stone silicosis on Channel 4 News
Mon, 28 Oct 2024
Dr Johanna Feary, Honorary Consultant in Occupational Lung Disease and Asthma, and patient Marek Marzec were recently interviewed by Channel 4 News to discuss the dangers of silicosis due to artificial stone. The piece was aired on Monday 28th October 2024 and you can watch it online here.
If you have ever worked with silica, stone dust, artificial stone or quartz and you are worried about silicosis, please email us now.
We see patients with suspected silicosis in our Occupational Lung Disease NHS clinic.
Media coverage of silicosis from artificial stone
Mon, 11 May 2026
Unlike natural stone, artificial or engineered stone contains extremely high silica content (up to 95% silica) and when disturbed and inhaled it can cause silicosis, an irreversible occupational lung disease.
At least 50 such artificial stone silicosis cases have been seen in our clinic. These patients have played a pivotal role in raising awareness of working with engineered stone and living with artificial stone silicosis. Lungs At Work team member Dr Jo Feary continues to do a huge amount of work in this field and recently spoke with Sky News about it in a piece aired on Monday 11 May 2026, which you can view below:
Read more media coverage on silicosis from artificial stone below:
- “Killer kitchens: Why workers are dying from a disease you've never heard of” (Sky News, 11 May 2026)
- “Killer kitchen dust banned after lung disease deaths of young workers” (iNews, 11 May 2026)
- “Trendy kitchen worktop warning after rise in deaths linked to inhaling ‘next asbestos’ – cases jump 450% in a year” (The Sun, 11 May 2026)
