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
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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