Leobardo Segura Meza, 27, of Pacoima suffers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has been afflicting workers who cut and polish engineered stone high in crystalline silica. (Mel Melcon / ...

Quartz countertops have become a staple of many a high-end kitchen, but the path to getting them there is paved with risk. Quartz is also called engineered stone because it is made by binding crushed ...

From morning to evening, six days a week, Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez spent his days cutting engineered stone, a man-made product that has become a popular choice for kitchen and bathroom countertops. The ...

The first UK cases of a deadly lung disease in tradespeople working with a stone popular in kitchen worktops were revealed by The i Paper in February 2024. Since then, the weight of scientific ...

When Wendy Solano first heard the word “silicosis,” her husband Jose Raul Garcia Leon was already suffering from the incurable disease that would kill him. After immigrating from Mexico, the father of ...

I renovated my kitchen two years ago, and now I can’t help but wonder: Is someone sick or dying because of my design choices? Among the decisions I had to make was which material would replace the ...

Seven months after his diagnosis, Marek Marzec, 48, died from silicosis caused by cutting engineered stone - now his family have a message for Labour's minister overseeing workplace health and safety, ...

Major retailers Bunnings and IKEA have announced this week they will discontinue selling engineered stone. While this might mean you have to rethink your plans for your new kitchen benchtops, it’s a ...

Engineered stone, also known as artificial stone or composite stone, has become a popular material in the construction and design industries due to its aesthetic appeal and durability. It’s become the ...

Inside the row of workshops in an industrial stretch of Pacoima, men labored over hefty slabs of speckled stone, saws whining over the sounds of Spanish-language rock. Pale dust rose around them as ...