It may now be time to ban artificial stone - a firm favorite for kitchen worktops in the UK - to ward off the incurable lung disease caused by its manufacturing and fitting, say a team of doctors in ...

Silica dust is a very fine dust produced when products such as bricks, concrete and pavers are cut or drilled. Artificial stone, which is used mainly for kitchen benchtops, is a particularly potent ...

In 2012 my wife and I renovated our house — a two-storey extension with a brand new kitchen. Inspired by various renovation-themed TV shows and magazines, we chose a sleek stone island bench as the ...

From morning to evening, six days a week, Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez spent his days cutting engineered stone, a man-made product that has become a popular choice for kitchen and bathroom countertops. The ...

Lung disease experts have called on the government to consider banning a popular material used for kitchen worktops after the first cases of artificial stone silicosis in the United Kingdom were ...

A “silicosis dashboard” run by the California Department of Public Health shows that as of May 22, 562 workers have contracted the incurable disease from working with artificial stone in the state, ...

In their Sept. 9 op-ed “What can Illinois do to better protect workers from inhaling silica dust,” professors Linda Forst and Lee Friedman, while well intended, incorrectly state that “prevention of ...

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Brayton Purcell LLP has secured two major legal victories on behalf of artificial stone fabrication workers. Despite OSHA regulations, there is no safe way to fabricate artificial stone, as even ...