California’s Potential Quartz Ban Pushes Contractors and Retailers to Alternatives (Gift Article)

California’s Potential Quartz Ban Pushes Contractors and Retailers to Alternatives Manufacturers and their customers are using materials made without the clouds of dust that have sickened workers in quartz-cutting shops.

Raphael Metzger has filed about 260 cases on behalf of stone workers in California, where public health authorities have identified 668 cases of silicosis tied to quartz cutting. The state is poised to ban the production and installation of quartz countertop. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/b...

California’s Potential Quartz Ban Pushes Contractors and Retailers to Alternatives (Gift Article) (10/26/2026) f the nyt

Well, yeah. It's supposed to.

California’s Potential Quartz Ban Pushes Contractors and Retailers to Alternatives https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/b...