A potentially deadly, irreversible lung disease is striking workers who make popular quartz countertops

A new study exposes the deadly risks facing workers who make engineered stone countertops.

Workers who make quartz countertops are developing an irreversible lung disease with no effective treatments beyond a full lung transplant after breathing in plumes of toxic, lung-scarring dust, a new study shows.

According to the team, the findings highlight the"urgent need" to improve measures to protect workers from deadly silica dust. Despite health and safety regulations on workers' exposure, in 2015, the U.S. reported its first case of silicosis associated with engineered stone in Texas, and 18 more cases were identified in California, Colorado, Washington and Texas between 2017 and 2019.

Fewer than half of the men reported that their shops used water suppression techniques to reduce the amount of dust; 12 noted that they"always" used masks, while the rest said they"sometimes" did. Based on these findings, the researchers said it is crucial that health authorities take action to improve protective measures and that clinicians ensure early diagnosis of the disease.

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