💬 Opinion 15h ago · Jenny Brown

Manufactured Stone Is Killing Stonecutters

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The lethal workplace illness silicosis killed thousands each year up through the 1960s but became much rarer in recent decades thanks to union workplace safety fights. The disease is now making a comeback among stonecutters working with manufactured stone.

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