Incurable and unconscionable: How immigrants are contracting deadly lung disease making kitchen countertops ...Middle East

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 crystalline silica.   Silicosis is a problem in California for the immigrant workers who make engineered quartz kitchen countertops. Quartz contains very high levels of silica — more than 90 percent. Cutting, breaking, crushing, drilling, grinding or abrasive blasting of quartz to shape it into countertops produces fine silica dust that the workers breathe it into their lungs.   On Dec. 14, 2023, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board announced that around 4,040 workers

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