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Your Countertop Is Fine. The Man Who Cut It May Not Be

The silica panic about engineered stone countertops is aimed at the wrong people. Installed slabs pose no documented risk to homeowners. The workers who cut them are developing irreversible lung disease in their 20s, and the manufacturers knew.

By Dr. Alex Chen · 3 min read