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Quartz Countertop Crisis: 31 Dead and Nearly 600 California Workers Sickened by Silicosis

Quartz Countertop Crisis: 31 Dead and Nearly 600 California Workers Sickened by Silicosis A growing occupational-health crisis in California is putting the spotlight on an unexpected workplace hazard: engineered quartz countertops. Nearly 600 countertop fabrication workers have been diagnosed with silicosis since 2019, and at least 31 have died, according to newly reported California data....