Ancient Lung Disease Strikes Countertop Cutters in Southern California (Public Health Watch, December 2, 2022)
Ancient Lung Disease Strikes Countertop Cutters in Southern California (LA-ist, December 2, 2022)
Esta es la enfermedad silenciosa que está amenazando la salud y las vidas de muchos trabajadores inmigrantes (Univision, December 4, 2022, en español)
2023
California Regulators Drafting Emergency Rule to Combat Deadly Lung Disease (Public Health Watch, May 23, 2023)
L.A. County Supervisors Take Initial Steps Toward a Ban on Artificial-Stone Countertops (Public Health Watch, June 7, 2023)
California Fast-Tracks Rules to Protect Stonecutters From 'Horrible' Death (KQED, July 22, 2023)
Silicosis Cases Are Mounting Among Countertop Fabricators in California. An Emergency Standard Is Coming. (Public Health Watch, July 24, 2023)
Young men making quartz countertops are facing lung damage. One state is taking action (NPR, July 24, 2023)
Stone countertop workers are getting sick and dying due to exposure to silica dust (NPR, July 24, 2023)
Quartz countertops linked to deadly lung disease in workers who fabricate the material (NBC News, July 25, 2023)
As Prescribed: The deadly truth about synthetic countertops (KCBS (Local SF Radio), September 14, 1023)
With Quartz Linked to Silicosis, Manufacturers Seek Alternatives (Hospitality Design Magazine, September 14, 1023)
California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease (LA Times, September 24, 2023)
Impact: OSHA Announces Enforcement Initiative After Public Health Watch Reveals Silicosis Cluster in California (Public Health Watch, September 26, 2023)
Te explicamos qué es la silicosis y por qué puede ser mortal para trabajadores de la construcción (Univision, September 27, 2023, en español)
Engineered stone countertops are killing workers at high rates. What can consumers do about it? (LA Times, September 29, 2023)
SMa.r.t column: Beautiful Quartz Countertops Are Hurting Workers and Should Be Banned (Santa Monica Mirror, October 9, 2023)
California countertop workers died of a preventable disease. The threat was known years earlier (LA Times, November 19, 2023)
California Regulators to Vote on Emergency Rules for Stonecutters' Safety (KQED, December 11, 2023)
California embraces emergency rules to protect countertop workers from incurable silicosis (LA Times, December 14, 2023)
Australia will become the first country to ban engineered stone bench tops. Will others follow? (The Guardian, December 14, 2023)
California Regulators Approve Emergency Rules to Protect Stonecutters From Deadly Disease (KQED, December 14, 2023)
2024
Workers
who cut crushed quartz countertops say they are falling ill from a deadly lung
disease: ‘I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy’ (CBS
News, February 6, 2024)
2025
Doctors say measures to control an incurable lung disease aren't enough (NPR, February 1, 2026)
Engineered stone workers get lung transplants as industry pushes Congress for legal shield (InvestigateTV, March 2, 2026)
Thousands of U.S. countertop workers could have damaged lungs, safety expert says (NPR, May 18, 2026)
Countertop Cutters Sick from Toxic Dust Slip Through Safety Nets (Bloomberg News, August 11, 2026)
Hundreds of California stonecutters fall ill with deadly disease 'for a product we do not need' (LA Times, August 12, 2026)
New research documents growing silicosis epidemic among quartz countertop workers (Medical Xpress, August 13, 2026)
Quartz Countertops Have Sickened 592 Workers, Killed 31: Now Congress May Block Their Lawsuits (TechTimes, August 13, 2026)
Nearly three dozen people dead and hundreds sickened from exposure to trendy countertops (The Daily Mail (UK), August 14, 2026)
Hundreds of Deadly Silicosis Cases Identified in California Quartz Workers (Newsweek, August 14, 2026)
31 Dead From Lung Disease Linked to Stone Countertop Exposure in California: Study (NTD, August 14, 2026)
Skyrocketing number of Californians stricken with incurable disease tied to common kitchen item: study (NY Post, August 14, 2026)
Hundreds of California quartz countertop workers developed an incurable lung condition. Dozens died. (KCRA, August 14, 2026)
31 Dead, Nearly 600 Sickened from Silicosis Linked to Stone Countertop Exposure (People, August 14, 2026)
31 dead, nearly 600 ill due to lung disease linked to stone countertop exposure: study
(The National News Desk, August 15, 2026)
Cortaban cuarzo para ganarse la vida y terminaron enfermos: cientos de trabajadores tienen silicosis en California (Univision, 15 ago 26, en español)
Silicosis nach Quarz-Arbeitsstaub: NEJM-Studie meldet Hundert Fälle in Kalifornien
(IT Boltwise, August 15, 2026, auf Deutsch)
Artificial Stone Containing Silica is Killing Workers. Will California Ban It? (KQED, August 17, 2026)
Health News and Commentary (MedPage Today, August 17, 2026)
Quartz Countertop Workers Are Falling Prey To Lung Disease (US News, August 17, 2026)
Cambria caught in fallout from lung disease outbreak sickening California workers (Minnesota Star Tribune, August 25, 2026)
Artificial Stone Containing Silica is Killing Workers. Will California Ban It? (KQED Forum (Podcast), August 17, 2026)