Concrete countertops are on-trend right now, for many people even replacing the granite that was the elite countertop material of choice for the last 10-20 years. You may or may not be aware that you ...

In a world of plastic water filter pitchers, I tested two of the new generation of stainless-steel filter systems. I will admit that the popularity of those giant, stainless steel, gravity-fed water ...

Until two years ago, Oakland father of five Jose Peña could tote a 60-pound slab of countertop with ease. Now, a walk down the block with his kids leaves him gasping for breath and reaching for his ...

Jeff Rose, a part owner of a countertop fabrication shop in Nicholasville, Ky., is among the hundreds, if not thousands, of workers who have been diagnosed with silicosis, a lethal lung disease caused ...

Tile countertops were a kitchen mainstay until the late 1990s, when flawlessly flat surfaces became the norm. The rise of stone and other slick materials signaled the quiet disappearance of a ...

Massachusetts health officials announced Tuesday that the state has confirmed its first case of an incurable lung disease linked to exposure to certain countertop stones. The disease is particularly ...

Health officials confirmed Massachusetts’ first case of silicosis in a man who worked for a stone countertop fabrication and installation company for 14 years Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for ...

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