New York Construction Workers Still Face Ancient Lead Poisoning Danger

While ancient societies and early American figures like Benjamin Franklin documented the severe toxic effects of the metal, workers on modern job sites still face exposure risks when safety protocols are overlooked in favor of work speed. For thousands of years, humans have worked with lead. Later, Greek and Roman builders also incorporated lead into … Read more

California Quartz Workers Face Deadly Lung Disease Crisis

Hundreds of California quartz countertop fabrication workers have developed incurable silicosis, prompting urgent public health warnings and regulatory crackdowns as state data links engineered-stone exposure to dozens of deaths. According to the California Department of Public Health and an analysis published in NEJM Evidence, state tracking identified 592 cases of engineered-stone silicosis among workers between … Read more