Hundreds of California stonecutters fall ill with deadly disease 'for a product we do not need'

2026-08-12 16:00 • ;Karen Garcia, Clara Harter

Latino men who cut artificial stone countertops in California are falling ill from an incurable and deadly lung disease at an alarming rate, a new study finds.

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