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HEALTHAug 1 · 11:00 UTCWBTV CHARLOTTEBrandon Wissbaum

InvestigateTV+ Weekend: Dealing with deadly silicosis disease

Workers in engineered stone fabrication shops are developing silicosis, a deadly lung disease, due to exposure to quartz dust. Tyler Jordan, a Missouri resident, struggles with severe breathing difficulties, while Rodolfo Figueroa, a 70-year-old former stone cutter, required a lung transplant after decades of exposure.

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