Gladwyn d’Souza<p>California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-24/silicosis-countertop-workers-engineered-stone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/california/story/2</span><span class="invisible">023-09-24/silicosis-countertop-workers-engineered-stone</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a>: <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/disposablepeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disposablepeople</span></a> in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/degradablespaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degradablespaces</span></a> benefiting <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a> amidst toothless <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/regulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulators</span></a> (when <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cleaner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleaner</span></a> safer alternatives like wood, metal, formed concrete, and robotics exist.)</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DeterioratingCarbonSinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeterioratingCarbonSinks</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ExtractivismsToxicLegacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractivismsToxicLegacy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs</span></a></p>