A “silicosis dashboard” run by the California Department of Public Health shows that as of May 22, 562 workers have ...

California regulators advanced a proposal to ban artificial stone countertops linked to silicosis from toxic silica dust, ...

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As artificial stone became the top countertop material in the U.S. over the last decade, fabricator Gino Scolari told KQED he’s spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to protect his employees from an ...

State safety board fast-tracks an emergency rule to protect countertop fabrication workers from incurable lung disease.

NOVATO, Calif., April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A growing wave of lawsuits brought by countertop fabrication workers suffering from severe, often fatal silicosis has exposed what veteran toxic tort ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. A former stoneworker named Lopez sat ...

A Southern California man battling an irreversible lung disease that doctors say he got by doing his job has been awarded a historic justice in court. Gustavo Reyez Gonazlez, who was diagnosed with ...

NOVATO, Calif., May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 30, 2026, in Denver, Colorado, in the case of Tyler Jordan and Caitlin Jordan v. Cambria Co., LLC, et al., Case No. 2024CV31180, a unanimous jury ...