100s of cases of serious lung diseases or deaths, and numerous lawsuits, in the kitchen countertop industry: debates over a ban on lawsuits or a ban on cutting "quartz" engineered stone...
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Kitchen countertop workers are dying. Some lawmakers want to ban their lawsuits
Some safety experts want California to stop the cutting of quartz countertops saying it can't be done safely. Lawmakers, meanwhile, contemplate a ban on workers' lawsuits against quartz manufacturers.
