Health Care & Hospital Law
Jul. 12, 2022
A new epidemic of an ancient disease
In September 2019 - about the same time that the Covid epidemic began in China, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published a study regarding a silicosis epidemic among synthetic stone fabrication workers in California, Colorado, Texas and Washington, documenting 18 cases of silicosis among synthetic stone fabricators in these states.
Raphael Metzger
General Counsel
Council for Education and Research on Toxics
Phone: 562-437-4499
Email: rmetzger@toxictorts.com
Raphael Metzger is the founder of the Metzger Law Group, a boutique law firm in Long Beach that sues chemical companies for poisoning and killing workers.
We have all become very aware and frankly tired of epidemics and pandemics - Covid beginning in 2019 and ongoing to this very day, now being joined by Monkeypox. Pandemics of infectious disease are notorious and receive worldwide attention and funding, but there are other epidemics and pandemics as well, including occupational disease epidemics. Simultaneous with Covid, but receiving relatively little attention, is a resurgence of an ancient epidemic - silicosis.
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