Source: New York Post
California is looking to ban the creation or installation of man-made quartz amid cases of a fatal lung disease that increasingly affects workers who carve the material to make kitchen countertops. California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board is expected to pass the emergency regulation for man-made quartz in October, indicating a growing concern over the preferred alternative to granite and marble. 7 Enrique Gonzalez, a San Fernando Valley stone worker, who has been unable to work for the past two years after developing silicosis from years of working in granite and stone manufacturing.
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