Some safety experts want California to stop the cutting of quartz countertops saying it can't be done safely. Lawmakers, ...

Lawmakers in DC are weighing a bill that would shield makers of trendy quartz countertops from worker lawsuits at the very ...

Engineered stone countertops are found in kitchens nationwide, but some workers who cut these surfaces are facing a silent ...

Leobardo Segura Meza, 27, of Pacoima suffers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has been afflicting workers who cut and polish engineered stone high in crystalline silica. (Mel Melcon / ...

Craftsmen who cut granite for kitchen countertops can be at risk of radiation exposure thousands of times above the federal safety limit, according to new research. The danger results from inhaling ...

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Experts have revealed the symptoms of the severe and incurable disease silicosis as workers making stone countertops die at an alarming rate. Traditionally, silicosis has been associated with older ...

Silicosis, a lung disease associated with the exposure to crystalline silica, has been afflicting young workers, primarily Latino immigrants who are exposed to the silica dust when workers are cutting ...

As California regulators consider banning high-silica engineered stone linked to deadly silicosis, countertop manufacturers ...

For our kitchen counters, we have traveled from laminates to butcher block to marble to soapstone to granite, and then back again. Each material has its pros and cons, but none has an ultimate ...

Inside the row of workshops in an industrial stretch of Pacoima, men labored over hefty slabs of speckled stone, saws whining over the sounds of Spanish-language rock. Pale dust rose around them as ...