A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough.

Crystalline silica, which is released into the air when workers cut and polish engineered stone for kitchen countertops, can ...

Engineered stone has remade the American kitchen, and may now be remaking the law. Makers of quartz countertops are pushing ...

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Workers are filing lawsuits against the countertop industry as cases of silicosis, a deadly lung disease, rise.

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A construction worker sands a kitchen counter. When engineered stone is cut or ground, the dust can pose a threat to workers, according to health officials. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) Silicosis ...

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 ...