The incurable lung disease has killed 31 countertop workers and sickened 560, numbers that are expected to keep climbing while regulators draft emergency rules.
A governor-appointed state board weighs whether to ban the use of engineered stone to protect workers from a deadly lung disease.
Republicans in Congress want to ban lawsuits against quartz manufacturers, including a company whose CEO is a major Trump donor.
A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough.