LA Times: Hundreds of California stonecutters fall ill with deadly disease ‘for a product we do not need’

"...Latino men who cut artificial-stone countertops in California are falling ill from an incurable and deadly lung disease at an alarming rate, a new study finds.

These workers are developing silicosis, a condition in which microscopic silica dust contained in the stone slabs they grind and polish is cutting up the inside of their lungs until the organs fail...."

"“It’s become clear that this product engineered stone countertops ... cannot be manufactured safely and economically,..."

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600-plus California stonecutters diagnosed with deadly silicosis

Latino men who cut artificial stone countertops in California are falling ill from an incurable and deadly lung disease at an alarming rate, a new study finds.

^{Karen Garcia (Los Angeles Times)}