HarrisMartin Publishing Announces Launch of COLUMNS-Silica

While litigation over the industrial use of crystalline silica has been evolving for the better part of the last two decades, legal and medical experts now agree it has entered a new era.

A recent International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) decision classifying silica as a carcinogen has resulted in an explosion of claims against industry employers, silica product manufacturers and companies that produce equipment designed to protect workers from silica dust exposure.

Hundreds of cases have recently been filed in courts in Mississippi, Texas and Pennsylvania, among other venues. And, counsel on both sides are closely following the …