California workplace safety regulators approved an amended petition to ban fabricating engineered stone, kicking off the ...

California workplace safety regulators want to completely ban kitchen quartz countertops because they are linked to an ...

A "silicosis dashboard" run by the California Department of Public Health shows that as of May 22, 562 workers have contracted the incurable disease from working with artificial stone in the state, ...

California is poised to become the first state in the country to adopt special measures to protect workers who make kitchen and bathroom countertops out of a popular kind of artificial stone known as ...

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BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) issued a safety alert urging employers in the stone countertop fabrication industry to protect workers from silica dust exposure, following ...

The cost of countertops ranges from $600 to $7,780, with the average homeowner spending $3,315 to install new countertops. On the extreme low end, you might spend as little as $160 for a small section ...