Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tiny particles of dust produced while cutting, shaping and polishing synthetic quartz put workers making popular countertops at ...

California is poised to become the first state in the country to adopt special measures to protect workers who make kitchen and bathroom countertops out of a popular kind of artificial stone known as ...

Marek Marzec, a dad of three, was given weeks to live due to silicosis after spending over a decade working for manufacturers of quartz countertops Following a new study linking quartz countertops to ...

In the state of California, Latino immigrants are dying from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been known for centuries to be a hazard to workers who are exposed to airborne particles of ...

Countertops made of the engineered stone "quartz" are incredibly popular, but public health experts say cutting this material unsafely can expose... California is poised to become the first state in ...

Workers making the most popular type of countertop sold in the United States are at risk for potentially deadly lung disease, a new study finds. The risk owes to the tiny particles of dust produced ...