In the US, a health issue is affecting workers in small fabrication shops. These workers are falling ill due to their job. They cut and shape stone slabs, which can cause a disease.

Further information is available from InvestigateTV. A disease called silicosis is the cause of illness in some workers. Workers in local shops are at risk.

Details about affected individuals are available from the source, including a man who received a lung transplant and another who experiences breathing difficulties.