#countertops — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #countertops, aggregated by home.social.
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"...The once-active father of four now awaits a double lung transplant. He can no longer support his family or walk a few steps without pausing to catch his breath. Two stonecutter friends died after working with the man-made material, also known as artificial stone or quartz. Three others are on a waitlist for lung transplants, he said...."
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LATimes: California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease... "Instead of cropping up in people in their 60s or 70s after decades of exposure, it is now afflicting men in their 20s, 30s or 40s" #disease #countertops #kitchens #silicosis https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-24/silicosis-countertop-workers-engineered-stone