Granite kitchen worktops are an eye-pleasing, rare stone that have incredible heat and scratch-resistant properties, making it a material that is perfect for your kitchen. What is the difference ...

The worktops, popular in kitchen refurbishments, are cheaper than granite or marble. Engineered from one of the hardest minerals on earth, they are typically composed of about 90 per cent ground ...

TRENDY fake stone worktops should be banned to prevent ... He described the dust he inhaled while cutting quartz kitchen worktops as leaving him "unable to breathe" and in "terrible pain." ...

Marek Marzec, 48, from London, died after developing silicosis - a deadly lung disease that tears through the lungs and can lead to an agonsing death ...

A dad-of-three and a 28-year-old are among several people in the UK who have died after contracting a deadly disease linked to a substance often used in kitchen revamps ...

MPs call for tougher rules and regulation on engineered stone linked to silicosis, saying new HSE guidance doesn't go far enough ...

The Government has been urged to consider banning a popular material used to make kitchen worktops after a rise in an ...

The HSE guidance, which BOHS had urged it to update, is essentially a ‘dos and don’ts’ for people installing stone worktops. It emphasises the need for both duty-holders and workers themselves to be ...