Silicosis is an often deadly lung disease linked to inhaling toxic dust from cutting engineered stone. California has passed new safety measures for workers in the last few years, but doctors say they ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leobardo Segura Meza, 27, of Pacoima suffers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has been afflicting workers who cut ...
Caesarstone, which has a facility in Sun Valley, is one of the companies named in an L.A. County lawsuit. (Zoe Cranfill / Los Angeles Times) From morning to evening, six days a week, Gustavo Reyes ...
The family of a stonemason who died from silicosis after cutting quartz kitchen worktops has called for the material to be banned. Marek Marzec, 48, died in November last year just seven months after ...
Silicosis, a lung disease associated with the exposure to crystalline silica, has been afflicting young workers, primarily Latino immigrants who are exposed to the silica dust when workers are cutting ...
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 ...
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 ...