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The Flora, Fauna, Habitat (FFH) Directive is to lead to qualified nature conservation for certain areas of the member states. A quarry covered by this would be subject to a conservation order. Studies conducted by the World Health Organization also sparked off strong discussion of a possible cancer risk from silicon. Some Member States have consequently already drastically reduced the limits for silicon and (http://maplered.com) an extensive study was finally started on the effect of working with silicon Material (http://g654.org) s in the workplace. This will determine the future discussion on the limits for the quartz dust in the workplace.