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InvestigateTV+ Weekend: Dealing with deadly silicosis disease
Workers in stone fabrication shops are developing silicosis, a deadly lung disease, from cutting engineered stone countertops. Tyler Jordan and Rodolfo Figueroa, both affected by the disease, describe severe respiratory struggles, with Figueroa requiring a lung transplant.
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