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Advocates Call For Urgent Changes In Countertop Industry To Help Prevent Silicosis

Advocates Call For Urgent Changes In Countertop Industry To Help Prevent Silicosis

Update: 2025-11-19
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Asbestos, lead, coal dust. All of those posed big health hazards to workers before legal protections finally rolled out. Now, thousands of stoneworkers in California who make our kitchen and bathroom countertops are breathing in something so toxic, nearly 50 had lung transplants.


Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED




Farmworker communities and environmental groups across the state are calling for stronger protections from a pesticide they say endangers public health.


Reporter: Gabriela Fernandez, KCBX

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Advocates Call For Urgent Changes In Countertop Industry To Help Prevent Silicosis

Advocates Call For Urgent Changes In Countertop Industry To Help Prevent Silicosis

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