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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Widows who work the same jobs that killed their husbands

Silicosis kills sandstone miners in Rajasthan, India, leaving widows trapped in debt-driven labor earning minimal wages in the same deadly mines.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
Public health

This popular kitchen countertop could cause life-threatening lung disease, experts warn - Silicon Canals

fromKqed
1 month ago
Public health

Stone Industry Proposes Self-Policing as California Weighs Artificial Stone Ban | KQED

fromKqed
1 month ago
Public health

Stone Industry Proposes Self-Policing as California Weighs Artificial Stone Ban | KQED

fromKqed
2 months ago
Public health

'Health Emergency': California Doctors Urge Ban of Countertop Material Linked to Deadly Disease | KQED

California
fromKqed
3 months ago

Advocates Fight To Save Mother Bear And Cub In Lake Tahoe | KQED

California regulators declined to adopt new engineered-stone rules while silicosis risks surge among countertop workers, and wildlife and political developments also drew attention.
California
fromKqed
3 months ago

Advocates Call For Urgent Changes In Countertop Industry To Help Prevent Silicosis | KQED

Engineered stone fabrication likely causes widespread silicosis and deaths among predominantly Latino countertop workers; pesticide 1,3-d exposes farmworker communities to cancer and unsafe levels.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
Public health

This popular kitchen countertop could cause life-threatening lung disease, experts warn - Silicon Canals

fromKqed
1 month ago
Public health

Stone Industry Proposes Self-Policing as California Weighs Artificial Stone Ban | KQED

fromKqed
1 month ago
Public health

Stone Industry Proposes Self-Policing as California Weighs Artificial Stone Ban | KQED

fromKqed
2 months ago
Public health

'Health Emergency': California Doctors Urge Ban of Countertop Material Linked to Deadly Disease | KQED

fromKqed
3 months ago
California

Advocates Call For Urgent Changes In Countertop Industry To Help Prevent Silicosis | KQED

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fromKqed
2 months ago

Community Seafood Program Helps Feed The Hungry In Monterey | KQED

Al & Friends provides donated nutritious meals to hundreds near Monterey, while California faces rising silicosis from engineered stone fabrication needing urgent phase-out.
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