This state wants to ban these popular kitchen countertops

California is on track to become the first state to ban a popular countertop material amid a growing number of lung disease cases. Quartz countertops, a common alternative to natural stone like marble, exploded in popularity over the last decade or so in the United States, due to their relative affordability, durability and easy maintenance. With that has also come an explosion of silicosis, a debilitating lung disease, in people who work with the material. The artificial stone produces harmful