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Today — 26 October 2026NYT - Home Page

California’s Potential Quartz Ban Pushes Contractors and Retailers to Alternatives

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By: Rebecca Davis O’Brien
26 October 2026 at 14:48
Manufacturers and their customers are using materials made without the clouds of dust that have sickened workers in quartz-cutting shops.

© Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times, via Getty Images

A fabrication shop in Sun Valley, Calif. The state is poised to ban the production and installation of quartz countertops.
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