LA Testing offers industrial hygiene testing services and monitoring equipment to identify crystalline silica and other airborne pollutants to protect workers and help keep companies in regulatory compliance.

In late 2018, a new study was published in the Annals of Work Exposures and Health that examined construction workers’ exposure to silica dust. “Characterization of Occupational Exposures to Respirable Silica and Dust in Demolition, Crushing, and Chipping Activities” looked at these potential inhalation hazards at construction sites in Massachusetts.