{"id":69624,"date":"2026-05-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/thousands-of-u-s-countertop-workers-could-have-damaged-lungs-safety-expert-says-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:00:00","slug":"thousands-of-u-s-countertop-workers-could-have-damaged-lungs-safety-expert-says-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/thousands-of-u-s-countertop-workers-could-have-damaged-lungs-safety-expert-says-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of U.S. countertop workers could have damaged lungs, safety expert says &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQUU5GSVR1c05GbU5BNlJfVmgyZjAzZzVWRnJtQklKQXVjaS1FdUhVcXU3bjh1MmNJZ1dyVHFNVmpyRG1qUHA5SUd5UUkwOFNra2F0bGZCVlI0RHhHUWZuSXZaejNub01BeXJCM1BrZmZUN2U2MERfQlJodEFRU3YwanpiT0dXVjhHaXdaLXBycEpPTUFsZ3Mxck53My00Tjg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Thousands of U.S. countertop workers could have damaged lungs, safety expert says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE13b0hUOGhkczJFajlsSzR2OXFEVVlKZFYxa1pIS3FJbGYteGRwRkxUZUdoOURuT2pscWNmNWlCLXl2cldGeFF3aVV4b1JieWVHb0ZJdEJyMGlhZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Brayton Purcell LLP Calls Attention to Capital &amp; Main Video Report Highlighting Deadly Artificial Stone Silicosis Crisis Among California Stonecutters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Lelezard<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOX1VIbzRPRG5HVHl1ODBEeUZjR3cteV9XLUppTVVXVUg3SEtPbldtbjhVem1NSFE2a0lvaDhsMW1kQndCaGxEQWhOTHZ2emRjRFh3T19uN3VZaEhGMDY1U1FjcVNXVlhuWlBLN0ZoYm1kUXgyRklrU2NrODloOERRaVV4NTd0OHpyaHZUREtJdTZSYkIzMzVyUE11QlVoTzBMUURYdUpYelFZTk0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Stonecutters Who Can&#8217;t Work Struggle Through Workers&#8217; Compensation Process<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">KQED<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOQ245RFhreHJSQkZHMEFKQUszRVVzVkRMYnlTZENNcGV4aFc0UWlFcEp5NG10RU12ODhLd1BNYmt4ZEl2UFJvemhoRlNNZVN2TVIzalVEMkdnUXNMOWgyZWptdTd6c1Z4dkVzWUJCbXkwUUtLb2pQNFJRbWtOaDRsc2tQUWx6QmkxVmJqWUk4eEI2NVJWdE5rdmRXMW4zQmdE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The silicosis epidemic and misplaced criminal liability<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Daily Journal<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxPMF9MbEdvMFIxQ3ZjTmF4LTRIY2g4R3R5d0U5YVV3VkpUTTRDYm5IcEFUeXgwOFI5MENFMzY0OERaaU1HTS1Yb3hpRTFZRmRFbnl3M240WnFqMXJILXRkUXloN0NISXV4cVZkSjBrbTZCckFkMFhGeGdJdDc3YVJRWWV4QXB4Tm03aWZrc0xSOXk4TURMZUktQ2NtZDVPbkU4azRURG8yXzc1dGlCeWtj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California could be the first state to ban quartz countertops<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Stocktonia<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of U.S. countertop workers could have damaged lungs, safety expert says&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR Brayton Purcell LLP Calls Attention to Capital &amp; Main Video Report Highlighting Deadly&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/thousands-of-u-s-countertop-workers-could-have-damaged-lungs-safety-expert-says-npr\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}