{"id":69646,"date":"2025-01-01T21:44:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T21:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=69646"},"modified":"2025-01-01T21:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T21:44:41","slug":"shocking-new-warning-over-trendy-quartz-worktop-as-18-cases-of-deadly-lung-disease-emerge-and-two-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/01\/shocking-new-warning-over-trendy-quartz-worktop-as-18-cases-of-deadly-lung-disease-emerge-and-two-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking new warning over trendy quartz worktop as 18 cases of deadly lung disease emerge &#8211; and two die"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/01\/10\/91750107-14241111-Above_is_Marek_Marzec_from_the_UK_who_has_been_diagnosed_with_si-a-2_1735726100159.jpg\" alt=\"Mr Marzec, who is originally from Poland, has worked for several engineered stone manufacturers in north London and Hertfordshire since 2012. He was diagnosed with silicosis in April 2024.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A popular type of worktop seen in kitchens up and down the country should be banned due to its deadly effects on lung health, union leaders have demanded.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-14241111\/warning-quartz-worktops-lethal-lung-disease-two-deaths.html\">\u00a0Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A popular type of worktop seen in kitchens up and down the country should be banned due to its deadly effects on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/silica-dust.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69647,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69646\/revisions\/69647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}