LA City Council aims to fight lung illness impacting some San Fernando Valley workers
Leaders threw their support behind a state bill that would require safety and licensing measures for the stone cutting industry.
Source: dailynews.com
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Amid deaths, California could require licenses for stonecutting shops
As growing numbers of countertop cutters in California suffer from an incurable and deadly lung disease, silicosis, lawmakers are seeking to clamp down.
Source: latimes.com
California tightens workplace rules on poisonous lead
For the first time in decades, California is tightening its rules on workplace exposure to lead, a poisonous metal that can wreak havoc throughout the body.
Source: latimes.com
California tightens rules on worker exposure to poisonous lead. 'The evidence is undeniable.'
For the first time in decades, California is tightening its rules on workplace exposure to lead, a poisonous metal that can wreak havoc throughout the body.
Source: yahoo.com
California moves to tighten rules to protect countertop workers
California regulators adopted emergency rules to try to protect laborers who cut countertops from silicosis, an incurable disease that has killed young workers, and head off "an industrial disaster."
Source: latimes.com