Incurable and unconscionable: How immigrants are contracting deadly lung disease making kitchen countertops
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USA TODAY - For more and to sign up click here Nolan Rappaport, opinion contributor In the state of California, Latino immigrants are dying from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been known for centuries to be a hazard to workers who are exposed to airborne particles of crystalline silica. Silicosis is a problem in California for the immigrant workers who make engineered quartz kitchen countertops. Quartz…
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