Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Quartz countertops, a staple in many high-end kitchens, are being linked to an alarming number of cases of lung disease. Marek ...

The widow of a young stonemason who is believed to be the first person to die of silicosis after cutting quartz kitchen worktops says more still needs to be done to save workers’ lives, almost two ...

Jeff Rose, a 56-year-old grandfather in Georgetown, Kentucky, contracted a lethal lung disease doing a job he loves: carving kitchen countertops from slabs of quartz, a human-made product that has ...