A major health crisis affects artificial stone workers across California. Men who shape and polish quartz slabs face a grave danger. Cutting this popular material creates an unsafe airborne dust. Inhaling the tiny dust particles leads to silicosis. Silicosis is a fatal lung illness with no known cure. A recent medical report highlights the growing spread of this disease. Experts monitored health data over a seven year period. They identified hundreds of sick stone cutters during this…