While quartz countertop sales grow, millions of people have silicosis from inhaling silica dust:https://​​bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/​​articles/​​10.1186/​​s12889-023-16295-2Hundreds of thousands died in the last couple decades from the incurable disease.Australia’s the first country to enact a ban:https://​​www.theguardian.com/​​australia-news/​​2023/​​dec/​​14/​​australia-will-become-the-first-county-to-ban-engineered-stone-bench-tops-will-others-follow
Does PPE not work or is the issue that people don’t use it?
The latter: practical conditions rather than theoretical ideal environments, especially for installation site modifications where ventilation, tooling, and oversight is more limited
While quartz countertop sales grow, millions of people have silicosis from inhaling silica dust:
https://​​bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/​​articles/​​10.1186/​​s12889-023-16295-2
Hundreds of thousands died in the last couple decades from the incurable disease.
Australia’s the first country to enact a ban:
https://​​www.theguardian.com/​​australia-news/​​2023/​​dec/​​14/​​australia-will-become-the-first-county-to-ban-engineered-stone-bench-tops-will-others-follow
Does PPE not work or is the issue that people don’t use it?
The latter: practical conditions rather than theoretical ideal environments, especially for installation site modifications where ventilation, tooling, and oversight is more limited