Experts have revealed what material they want to ban from being used to make kitchen countertops.
Eight people with silicosis have been hospitalized in the UK. Doctors say it was caused by artificial stone.
The material has gained popularity over the past 20 years for a number of reasons: aesthetics, price, durability. For example, it is used to make kitchen countertops, writes Thorax .
But artificial stone turned out to be dangerous to health. First of all, for those who create various products from it or simply do cutting or grinding.
Doctors say that artificial stone can provoke the development of silicosis. This is an incurable hardening of the lungs caused by inhaling silica.
There is also a certain risk for those who have countertops made of this material installed at home, experts say.
But in this case, the problem may resurface decades later.
