California workers died of a preventable disease. The threat was known years earlier

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California workers died of a preventable disease. The threat was known years earlier

The deaths of countertop workers, some barely at middle age, have alarmed California lawmakers and regulators as dozens of cases of the suffocating illness silicosis have emerged.

Yet the threat of silicosis is far from a new one. Researchers have raised alarms about the renewed threat of silicosis among people cutting engineered stone, which has surged in popularity since the turn of the century. Many experts said the risks should have been anticipated and averted long before young workers started dying.


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California workers died of a preventable disease. The threat was known years earlier

California workers died of a preventable disease. The threat was known years earlier

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