Hundreds of California quartz countertop workers developed an incurable lung condition. Dozens died

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Hundreds Of California Quartz Countertop Workers Developed An Incurable Lung Condition. Dozens Died

By KCRA

A new study based on more than seven years of data in California is raising alarms about silicosis, an incurable and sometimes deadly lung disease linked to quartz countertop manufacturing. The study in the New England Journal of Medicine found 592 c ...Read more

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