A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough.

Crystalline silica, which is released into the air when workers cut and polish engineered stone for kitchen countertops, can scar human lungs beyond repair.

Congress considers a bill to protect quartz manufacturers from lawsuits filed by stone cutters who contract a debilitating disease.

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Engineered stone has remade the American kitchen, and may now be remaking the law. Makers of quartz countertops are pushing Congress for sweeping legal protection from workers' health claims, even as ...

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