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🇺🇸 Quartz Countertop Makers Want Immunity Against Legal Claims from Sick Stone Cutters
[USA]
Workers are filing lawsuits against the countertop industry as cases of silicosis, a deadly lung disease, rise.
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🇺🇸 Lung disease becomes more frequent among engineered stone workers
[USA]
A disease called silicosis has affected miners for nearly a century, but now, it's resurfacing in countertop fabrication shops across the U.S., specifically those that manufacture engineered quartz. C...
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🇺🇸 Disease once linked to mining hits workers in countertops industry
[USA]
Crystalline silica, which is released into the air when workers cut and polish engineered stone for kitchen countertops, can scar human lungs beyond repair.
Related: #Industrial Safety
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