Gladwyn d’SouzaSep 25, 2023

California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-24/silicosis-countertop-workers-engineered-stone

#RegulatoryCapture: #disposablepeople in #degradablespaces benefiting #developers amidst toothless #publichealth and #regulators (when #cleaner safer alternatives like wood, metal, formed concrete, and robotics exist.)

#DeterioratingCarbonSinks #ExtractivismsToxicLegacy #AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs

California workers who cut countertops are dying of silicosis

The booming popularity of countertops made of engineered stone has driven a new epidemic of silicosis, an incurable lung disease, researchers have found.

Los Angeles Times