Calls have risen in the UK to consider a ban on quartz based work top, which when cut, produces large amounts of silica dust ...

Senate Bill 20 would create a system to certify fabrication shops where workers cut stone slabs to fashion them into countertops. Manufacturers could provide their slabs only to certified shops.

California has seen a rise in countertop cutters falling ill with silicosis, an incurable and deadly disease. A new bill aims ...