Quartz Countertops Linked to Surge in Lung Transplants, Lawsuits

Workers are developing severe lung disease requiring transplants, with documented cases of silicosis and related respiratory conditions among countertop fabrication workers.

Across fabrication shops in America, an invisible mineral dust has been quietly dismantling the lungs of workers who cut and shape the quartz countertops now standard in millions of homes. Silicosis — a progressive, incurable disease caused by inhaling crystalline silica — is appearing in workers as young as their thirties, some requiring lung transplants to survive. This crisis did not emerge without warning; it emerged without accountability, in an industry that grew faster than the safety standards meant to govern it. The reckoning now unfolding — in courtrooms, hospitals, and regulatory of

Quartz Countertops Linked to Surge in Lung Transplants, Lawsuits

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