Toxic dust generated from the machining of artificial stone countertop slabs is causing workers to develop silicosis, a new investigation has found. Published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, ...
The increase in cases of silicosis has raised alarms in Spain, with 96 new diagnoses including several workers exposed to construction materials containing crystalline silica. Silicosis is a serious ...
A Cosentino store in West Hollywood. The company now manufactures its Silestone slabs with 40% crystalline silica or less and also has products with 10% or less of the mineral. (Michael Blackshire / ...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors took a preliminary step Tuesday that could lead to a countywide ban on artificial-stone countertops, the source of an epidemic that is killing workers who ...
NOVATO, Calif., April 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A dangerous public health crisis is quietly unfolding across California's artificial stone countertop fabrication industry, says Brayton Purcell LLP.
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