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this pleases me, because everyone should use real rocks for their counters. -- (link)

Posted by mafic Dec 13 '23, 16:31

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/13/engineered-stone-bench-top-ban-confirmed-begin-2024-when (www.theguardian.com)

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Installers use vacuum saws and respiratory gear. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 17:39
And what about tile flooring? Is that engineered? (Probably not, but ya never know ...) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 17:07
Is this because natural stone doesn't have silica? Wouldn't cutting natural stone also produce fine particles that could trigger lung issues? -- nm - Max Dec 13, 16:41 5
- engineered stone is typically almost entirely silica. marble would be near zero, granite variable but still way lower. -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 16:53
- A quick search says that it's about half as much in natural stone. It's 90-95% silica in manufactured vs. 40-50% in granite. - Krusty Dec 13, 16:52 3
  - granite is 20-60% silica if we want to be technical. higher than that and it's a quartz-rich granitoid. mmmm... igneous classification. -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 16:57 1
    - I figured you'd know better. :-) Thanks! -- nm* - Krusty Dec 13, 17:00
  - just don't get sandstone counters. -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 16:53
Big Rock gets their way, huh? (Kidding. But what is it about engineered stone that causes it to release such dust, compared to natural stone products? - Beryllium Dec 13, 16:40 1
- silica content. I imagine the same tools, you'd just get more harmful dust from the engineered stuff because way more silica. -- nm - mafic Dec 13, 17:03

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