{
  "id": 16615778,
  "title": "California’s Potential Quartz Ban Pushes Contractors and Retailers to Alternatives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/californias-potential-quartz-ban-pushes-contractors-and-retailers-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-26T14:48:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/business/economy/california-quartz-countertop-ban-alternatives.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Manufacturers and their customers are using materials made without the clouds of dust that have sickened workers in quartz-cutting shops.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}