A former stoneworker named Lopez sat confined to his East Bay home, breathing with the help of a whirring oxygen supply machine through clear tubes pronged to his nostrils. After years of making ...

A Los Angeles County jury found businesses that make or distribute engineered stone at fault Wednesday for the suffering of a 34-year-old stonecutter afflicted with an incurable disease. In a decision ...

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Dozens of young Latino men in California have developed severe lung disease, and at least 10 have died, after working in shops that make kitchen and bathroom countertops. As NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce ...

NOVATO, Calif., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A new medical review published in the Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology has uncovered a troubling rise in accelerated silicosis and other ...