Doctors are warning about a 'new and emerging' epidemic driven by stylish and durable quartz countertops. Dust released when the stone is cut is breathed in by workers causes irreversible scarring ...
Father-of-three Marek Marzec, who has lung disease silicosis, says the dust he inhaled while cutting trendy quartz kitchen worktops has left him 'unable to breathe' and 'in terrible pain'.
white quartz countertops (also referred to as engineered quartz) are a timeless way to level up the look of kitchens big and small,” exclaimed a June 2022 article in House Beautiful. This ...
A worker told he has just weeks to live after developing a lung disease brought on by years of cutting kitchen worktops is ... dust produced by cutting quartz worktops has had.