Quartz mining turning lungs of Turkish miners to stone

Quartz is one of the most popular materials for kitchen and bath countertops. That’s because it looks like marble but is cheaper and needs no maintenance. But the silica dust produced during mining and manufacturing can make it deadly. In the first of our three-part series on the quartz industry, The World’s Durrie Bouscaren meets miners in Turkey who worry they are facing a death sentence.

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