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One hundred cases of the fatal lung disease have been documented among fabricators of artificial-stone countertops in the state. LAist partnered with Public Health Watch and Univision to break the news of the silicosis cluster in Los Angeles last year.
The booming popularity of countertops made of engineered stone has driven a new epidemic of silicosis, an incurable lung disease, researchers have found.
The booming popularity of countertops made of engineered stone has driven a new epidemic of silicosis, an incurable lung disease, researchers have found.
An incurable disease called silicosis that destroys the lungs is killing young Latino workers exposed to hazardous levels of silica dust as they cut countertops in California's Pacoima region
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A new judge is no more receptive to a California group run by a plaintiffs lawyer that wishes to sue companies that don't warn consumers about products like coffee possibly causing cancer.