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But the sophisticated measures, which prohibit the dry cutting of engineered stone to suppress dust and require employers to provide workers with respirators that can cost more than $1,000 each, are unfeasible for most fabrication businesses, according to employers and workplace regulators. About 95% of countertop fabrication shops that Cal/OSHA inspectors have visited were not following the required protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates who have surveyed and informed stonecutters about silica hazards in the Los Angeles area said they doubted an industry certification initiative would help protect many from the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The challenge here is that the industry wants to essentially police itself under the proposal that they presented today,” Maegan Ortiz, who directs the Instituto de Educación Popular del Sur de California, said. “I think if history has shown us anything, big industries do not do very well at that.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silicosis has also been found among stoneworkers in Illinois, Colorado, Utah, Washington and other states where engineered stone is cut, though medical experts believe the illness is severely underreported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The testimony came a day after Cambria and other beleaguered industry representatives testified before a U.S. House subcommittee in support of a bill that would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069714/as-california-silicosis-cases-rise-engineered-stone-industry-seeks-immunity-in-dc\">immunize their companies\u003c/a> from hundreds of lawsuits by sick stoneworkers. \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5437/text\">H.R. 5437\u003c/a>, introduced by California Rep. Tom McClintock last September, would prohibit civil lawsuits against stone slab manufacturers or sellers for harm resulting from the alteration of their products and dismiss pending claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Schult, Cambria’s chief legal officer, traveled from the Washington, D.C., hearing to the board meeting in Sacramento. The Minnesota-based company accounts for 40-50% of artificial stone produced in the U.S., though most of the material is imported from other countries, she said. Cambria, which also owns fabrication shops, has not yet developed alternatives to its high-silica artificial stone products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll do my very best to be here going forward as well so that we can work on this together,” Schult told the regulators. “Quartz slab products can be cut safely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weber said the industry pushed for a licensing system to be included in a state bill that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033036/california-bill-moves-forward-protect-stonecutters-deadly-disease\">went into effect this year\u003c/a>, which reinforces workplace protections to prevent silicosis. She said it’s unclear why the bill’s final version did not include a certification initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033047\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stone fabricator places his hand on a table that he cut at his home in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, California approved the nation’s strictest rules to try to protect stonecutters. But the sophisticated measures, which prohibit the dry cutting of engineered stone to suppress dust and require employers to provide workers with respirators that can cost more than $1,000 each, are unfeasible for most fabrication businesses, according to employers and workplace regulators. About 95% of countertop fabrication shops that Cal/OSHA inspectors have visited were not following the required protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates who have surveyed and informed stonecutters about silica hazards in the Los Angeles area said they doubted an industry certification initiative would help protect many from the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The challenge here is that the industry wants to essentially police itself under the proposal that they presented today,” Maegan Ortiz, who directs the Instituto de Educación Popular del Sur de California, said. “I think if history has shown us anything, big industries do not do very well at that.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silicosis has also been found among stoneworkers in Illinois, Colorado, Utah, Washington and other states where engineered stone is cut, though medical experts believe the illness is severely underreported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Trump administration is suing California over a law that prevents oil and gas drilling within 3,200 feet of homes, hospitals and schools — the latest in the power struggle between the state and federal government over energy rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The complaint, filed Wednesday by the Department of Justice, argued that a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2022 — \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB1137/id/2606996\">SB 1137\u003c/a> — violates longstanding federal law allowing the government to lease public lands for oil, gas, coal, and other minerals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law, which creates one-kilometer “health-buffer zones” around “sensitive spaces,” according to the California Department of Conservation website, will shut down one-third of all federally authorized oil and gas leases in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The guidelines were developed \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/10/21/california-moves-to-prevent-new-oil-drilling-near-communities-expand-health-protections-2/\">based\u003c/a> on recommendations from a 15-person expert panel to effectively protect residents from harmful emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 8% of California’s population \u003ca href=\"https://earthjustice.org/press/2025/community-groups-will-have-a-voice-in-lawsuit-challenging-ca-oil-gas-setbacks-rule\">lives\u003c/a> within this distance to an oil or gas well. Low-income people are disproportionately affected by resulting health risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Trump administration just sued California for keeping oil wells away from elementary schools, homes, day cares, hospitals, and parks. Think about that,” said Anthony Martinez, a spokesperson for Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055465\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250509-BeniciaRefinery-31-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250509-BeniciaRefinery-31-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250509-BeniciaRefinery-31-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250509-BeniciaRefinery-31-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Valero Benicia Refinery in Benicia, on May 8, 2025, which processes up to 170,000 barrels of oil a day, making gasoline, diesel, and other fuels for California. Valero plans to shut down the Benicia refinery by April 2026, citing high costs and strict environmental rules. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“SB 1137 creates a science-based buffer zone so kids can go to school, families can live in their homes, and communities can exist without breathing toxic fumes that cause asthma, birth defects, and cancer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This comes days after the Trump administration sued \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068858/trump-administration-sues-morgan-hill-petaluma-over-local-natural-gas-bans\">two Bay Area cities over energy-efficiency\u003c/a> measures, blocking natural-gas infrastructure in new construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in November, President Donald Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999366/california-leaders-blast-trumps-idiotic-plan-to-kickstart-offshore-oil-drilling\">proposed\u003c/a> to ramp up oil drilling off the California coast, outraging many state officials.[aside postID=news_11940704 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62774_GettyImages-941954046-qut-1020x680.jpg']In April, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/protecting-american-energy-from-state-overreach/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery\">directed\u003c/a> the Justice Department to target state laws that banned or limited the production of energy, “particularly oil, natural gas, coal, hydropower, geothermal, biofuel, critical mineral, and nuclear energy resources”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has claimed that increasing the use of these resources domestically will make energy more affordable, and has said his administration is committed to “unleashing American energy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is yet another unconstitutional and radical policy from Gavin Newsom that threatens our country’s energy independence and makes energy more expensive for the American people,” U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In accordance with President Trump’s executive orders, this Department of Justice will continue to fight burdensome regulations that violate federal law and hamper domestic energy production — especially in California, where Newsom is clearly intent on subverting federal law at every opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The complaint directly references the \u003ca href=\"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-8336/pdf/COMPS-8336.pdf\">Mineral Leasing Act\u003c/a>, passed in 1920. The law’s text states: “Prior to issuance of any coal lease, the Secretary shall consider effects which mining of the proposed lease might have on an impacted community or area, including, but not limited to, impacts on the environment, on agricultural and other economic activities, and on public services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks about American energy production during a visit to the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig on July 29, 2020, in Midland, Texas. \u003ccite>(Evan Vucci/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kassie Siegel, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute, suggested the Trump administration was working on behalf of the oil lobby, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/06/27/california-beats-big-oil-again/\">failed\u003c/a> to overturn SB 1137 in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Big Oil backed down from their deceitful referendum campaign because Californians wouldn’t stand for it,” Siegel said. “This is a last-ditch attempt to overturn the law’s critical health protections. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In April, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/protecting-american-energy-from-state-overreach/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery\">directed\u003c/a> the Justice Department to target state laws that banned or limited the production of energy, “particularly oil, natural gas, coal, hydropower, geothermal, biofuel, critical mineral, and nuclear energy resources”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has claimed that increasing the use of these resources domestically will make energy more affordable, and has said his administration is committed to “unleashing American energy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is yet another unconstitutional and radical policy from Gavin Newsom that threatens our country’s energy independence and makes energy more expensive for the American people,” U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In accordance with President Trump’s executive orders, this Department of Justice will continue to fight burdensome regulations that violate federal law and hamper domestic energy production — especially in California, where Newsom is clearly intent on subverting federal law at every opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The complaint directly references the \u003ca href=\"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-8336/pdf/COMPS-8336.pdf\">Mineral Leasing Act\u003c/a>, passed in 1920. The law’s text states: “Prior to issuance of any coal lease, the Secretary shall consider effects which mining of the proposed lease might have on an impacted community or area, including, but not limited to, impacts on the environment, on agricultural and other economic activities, and on public services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks about American energy production during a visit to the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig on July 29, 2020, in Midland, Texas. \u003ccite>(Evan Vucci/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kassie Siegel, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute, suggested the Trump administration was working on behalf of the oil lobby, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/06/27/california-beats-big-oil-again/\">failed\u003c/a> to overturn SB 1137 in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Big Oil backed down from their deceitful referendum campaign because Californians wouldn’t stand for it,” Siegel said. “This is a last-ditch attempt to overturn the law’s critical health protections. I’m confident this historic law will stand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siegel added that if the Trump administration’s attempt to strike down California’s law is successful, it would set a “terrible precedent” for environmental protections nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Reported cases nationwide are expected to surge as awareness and surveillance increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5437/text\">H.R. 5437\u003c/a>, introduced by Republican Rep. Tom McClintock last September, would prohibit civil lawsuits against stone slab manufacturers or sellers for harm resulting from the alteration of their products, such as to make kitchen and bathroom countertops and other construction surfaces. The bill would also dismiss hundreds of pending lawsuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry representatives, led by Minnesota-based Cambria, told lawmakers they are being unfairly targeted for damages they attribute to downstream employers at countertop fabrication shops that fail to follow required worker protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rather than hold the bad actors accountable, the lawsuits are being filed against dozens of innocent stone slab manufacturers,” Rebecca Schult, Cambria’s chief legal officer, said. “The wrong parties are being sued, and the lawsuits are overwhelming good companies throughout our industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican members of the House Judiciary subcommittee seemed sympathetic to the companies’ plight. They denounced job safety regulators for insufficient enforcement and focused many of their questions on the impacts of mounting litigation and insurance costs for businesses, which jeopardize industry jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033047\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stone fabricator places his hand on a table that he cut at his home in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gary Talwar, vice president of Natural Stone Resources, said the Los Angeles area distribution company his family owns faces 65 silica lawsuits and higher insurance premiums. Many small operations are struggling to keep their doors open as well, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as a small business, I bring product in, I put it in a warehouse, and I ship it out. Once it leaves my warehouse, I don’t know who cuts it, how they cut it, or what happens,” Talwar said. “There’s hundreds of, maybe thousands of companies across the country, just like myself, that are being hammered with lawsuits. We’re fighting for our lives, and we can’t afford it anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the two-hour hearing, Democrats slammed H.R. 5437 as a proposal seeking special treatment for artificial stone manufacturers and distributors and preventing injured workers from accessing justice in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Congress would make a millionaire CEO’s problems go away just like that, while the workers who cut, grind, polish, and install this dangerous product struggle to make ends meet, struggle to stay alive,” said Rep. Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat, referring to Cambria’s CEO, Marty Davis, whose campaign donations have benefitted President Donald Trump and GOP candidates.[aside postID=news_12066901 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251115-DEADLY-LUNG-DISEASE-MD-04-KQED-2.jpg']Artificial stone, also known as engineered stone or quartz, can contain more than 90% crystalline silica. Resins and other chemicals added to the factory-made slabs contribute to making engineered stone dust \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067166/health-emergency-california-doctors-urge-ban-of-countertop-material-linked-to-deadly-disease\">more dangerous than dust from natural stones\u003c/a> such as granite or marble, according to doctors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cambria faces 400 lawsuits from stoneworkers for silica-related injuries, most of them in California, Schult said. Other major manufacturers facing lawsuits, such as Israel-based Caesarstone and Cosentino, headquartered in Spain, have developed low or no-crystalline silica alternatives. But Cambria, which owns a quartz mine that supplies its high-silica products, has not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said the courts should determine whether manufacturers have any responsibility for the impact of their products on stoneworkers. In one of the two cases against Cambria and other manufacturers that went to trial, the company was found \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-07/jury-finds-stone-companies-at-fault-in-suit-by-countertop-cutter-with-silicosis\">partially liable\u003c/a> in a $52.4 million verdict for failing to adequately warn of the hazards. Cambria appealed the jury decision. In a separate case, a jury ruled in favor of the defendant manufacturers, a decision that is also on appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You are looking for categorical absolute immunity in all of these cases,” Raskin said in a testy exchange with Schult. “On your definition, there’s no defect on the product, right? So how could you ever be held liable?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cambria has emerged as a vocal opponent of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067166/health-emergency-california-doctors-urge-ban-of-countertop-material-linked-to-deadly-disease\">doctor’s petition\u003c/a> last month asking California to ban cutting and polishing of artificial stone. The Western Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association said such a ban would encourage the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/petition-609.pdf\">use of safer substitutes\u003c/a> developed by some manufacturers for the Australian market. That country was the world’s first to prohibit the sale and use of high-silica artificial stone in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schult said Cambria’s own fabrication shops have cut artificial stone safely for more than 20 years, without a single silicosis case. A Cambria safety video played at the start of the hearing showed state-of-the-art facilities that use robotic machines to cut slabs in glass-enclosed areas. The company told KQED that Cambria’s fabrication practices include the use of handheld devices, but declined to specify how many of its cutting tasks are done by the robotic machines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067172\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/StoneworkerGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/StoneworkerGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/StoneworkerGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/StoneworkerGetty1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stone countertop fabricator wears a mask to help protect against airborne particles, which can contribute to silicosis, at a shop on Oct. 31, 2023, in Sun Valley, California. \u003ccite>(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some silicosis experts and employers doubt the sophisticated and expensive measures needed to safely handle engineered stone are feasible or affordable for most fabrication shops, which are typically small businesses with fewer than 10 employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal/OSHA inspectors have found that about 95% of the fabrication operations they’ve visited were not following all of the state’s safety rules. California’s regulations, the nation’s strictest, require artificial stone to be cut or polished with machines that cover the material’s surface in water to suppress dust. Employers must also provide workers with sophisticated respirators that can cost more than $1,000 each, and a ventilation system to clean the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Nevin, an attorney at Brayton Purcell LLP representing hundreds of stonecutters, said that workers are contracting silicosis in even the most sophisticated fabrication facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This epidemic starts and stops with crystalline silica artificial stone. It is entirely the uniquely toxic product that is the problem, not ‘a few bad actors’ in the countertop fabrication process,” Nevin told KQED in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly all of the sick stoneworkers in California are Latino men, many of them undocumented immigrants. McClintock, whose district includes parts of California’s Central Valley, said fabrication shops that violate worker protections undercut law-abiding competitors while regulators fail to enforce existing rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12064718 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251119-Miners-Lung-silicosis-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251119-Miners-Lung-silicosis-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251119-Miners-Lung-silicosis-01-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251119-Miners-Lung-silicosis-01-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of a pair of lungs with silicosis used in a Cal/OSHA presentation slide about the disease, and rising numbers of cases in California, at a public meeting on Nov. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Museomed via Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It appears they’re just turning a blind eye to law-breaking by sweatshops that are breaking our immigration laws, labor, health and safety laws, exposing their employees to the dust that causes silicosis,” McClintock told Schult. “And it appears that instead of enforcing the law against these illegal practices, the Democrats prefer to drive you out of business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is not the only state facing a growing silicosis problem. Dozens of additional cases have been identified in Washington, Utah, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts and other states where engineered stone is being cut. David Michaels, a former assistant secretary at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, believes thousands more silicosis cases across the country have not been reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lawsuits play an important role in public health protection. If lawsuits by workers with silicosis are prohibited, these manufacturers will make no effort to prevent more workers from dying or becoming disabled by silicosis,” Michaels, an epidemiologist and professor at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We shouldn’t be discussing immunity from litigation. We should be discussing banning this product to make it safe for workers, and that would protect the manufacturers and the distributors as well,” he added. “We should not allow the carnage to continue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, fabrication workers not yet diagnosed with silicosis sued Cambria and other major manufacturers and distributors in federal court in San Francisco, seeking to require the companies to pay for medical monitoring for all California workers exposed to artificial stone dust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry representatives, led by Minnesota-based Cambria, told lawmakers they are being unfairly targeted for damages they attribute to downstream employers at countertop fabrication shops that fail to follow required worker protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rather than hold the bad actors accountable, the lawsuits are being filed against dozens of innocent stone slab manufacturers,” Rebecca Schult, Cambria’s chief legal officer, said. “The wrong parties are being sued, and the lawsuits are overwhelming good companies throughout our industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican members of the House Judiciary subcommittee seemed sympathetic to the companies’ plight. They denounced job safety regulators for insufficient enforcement and focused many of their questions on the impacts of mounting litigation and insurance costs for businesses, which jeopardize industry jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033047\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/231017-StonecutterSilicosis-002-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stone fabricator places his hand on a table that he cut at his home in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gary Talwar, vice president of Natural Stone Resources, said the Los Angeles area distribution company his family owns faces 65 silica lawsuits and higher insurance premiums. Many small operations are struggling to keep their doors open as well, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as a small business, I bring product in, I put it in a warehouse, and I ship it out. Once it leaves my warehouse, I don’t know who cuts it, how they cut it, or what happens,” Talwar said. “There’s hundreds of, maybe thousands of companies across the country, just like myself, that are being hammered with lawsuits. We’re fighting for our lives, and we can’t afford it anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the two-hour hearing, Democrats slammed H.R. 5437 as a proposal seeking special treatment for artificial stone manufacturers and distributors and preventing injured workers from accessing justice in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Congress would make a millionaire CEO’s problems go away just like that, while the workers who cut, grind, polish, and install this dangerous product struggle to make ends meet, struggle to stay alive,” said Rep. Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat, referring to Cambria’s CEO, Marty Davis, whose campaign donations have benefitted President Donald Trump and GOP candidates.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Artificial stone, also known as engineered stone or quartz, can contain more than 90% crystalline silica. Resins and other chemicals added to the factory-made slabs contribute to making engineered stone dust \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067166/health-emergency-california-doctors-urge-ban-of-countertop-material-linked-to-deadly-disease\">more dangerous than dust from natural stones\u003c/a> such as granite or marble, according to doctors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cambria faces 400 lawsuits from stoneworkers for silica-related injuries, most of them in California, Schult said. Other major manufacturers facing lawsuits, such as Israel-based Caesarstone and Cosentino, headquartered in Spain, have developed low or no-crystalline silica alternatives. But Cambria, which owns a quartz mine that supplies its high-silica products, has not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said the courts should determine whether manufacturers have any responsibility for the impact of their products on stoneworkers. In one of the two cases against Cambria and other manufacturers that went to trial, the company was found \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-07/jury-finds-stone-companies-at-fault-in-suit-by-countertop-cutter-with-silicosis\">partially liable\u003c/a> in a $52.4 million verdict for failing to adequately warn of the hazards. Cambria appealed the jury decision. In a separate case, a jury ruled in favor of the defendant manufacturers, a decision that is also on appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You are looking for categorical absolute immunity in all of these cases,” Raskin said in a testy exchange with Schult. “On your definition, there’s no defect on the product, right? So how could you ever be held liable?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cambria has emerged as a vocal opponent of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067166/health-emergency-california-doctors-urge-ban-of-countertop-material-linked-to-deadly-disease\">doctor’s petition\u003c/a> last month asking California to ban cutting and polishing of artificial stone. The Western Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association said such a ban would encourage the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/petition-609.pdf\">use of safer substitutes\u003c/a> developed by some manufacturers for the Australian market. That country was the world’s first to prohibit the sale and use of high-silica artificial stone in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schult said Cambria’s own fabrication shops have cut artificial stone safely for more than 20 years, without a single silicosis case. A Cambria safety video played at the start of the hearing showed state-of-the-art facilities that use robotic machines to cut slabs in glass-enclosed areas. The company told KQED that Cambria’s fabrication practices include the use of handheld devices, but declined to specify how many of its cutting tasks are done by the robotic machines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067172\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/StoneworkerGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/StoneworkerGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/StoneworkerGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/StoneworkerGetty1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stone countertop fabricator wears a mask to help protect against airborne particles, which can contribute to silicosis, at a shop on Oct. 31, 2023, in Sun Valley, California. \u003ccite>(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some silicosis experts and employers doubt the sophisticated and expensive measures needed to safely handle engineered stone are feasible or affordable for most fabrication shops, which are typically small businesses with fewer than 10 employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal/OSHA inspectors have found that about 95% of the fabrication operations they’ve visited were not following all of the state’s safety rules. California’s regulations, the nation’s strictest, require artificial stone to be cut or polished with machines that cover the material’s surface in water to suppress dust. Employers must also provide workers with sophisticated respirators that can cost more than $1,000 each, and a ventilation system to clean the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Nevin, an attorney at Brayton Purcell LLP representing hundreds of stonecutters, said that workers are contracting silicosis in even the most sophisticated fabrication facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This epidemic starts and stops with crystalline silica artificial stone. It is entirely the uniquely toxic product that is the problem, not ‘a few bad actors’ in the countertop fabrication process,” Nevin told KQED in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly all of the sick stoneworkers in California are Latino men, many of them undocumented immigrants. McClintock, whose district includes parts of California’s Central Valley, said fabrication shops that violate worker protections undercut law-abiding competitors while regulators fail to enforce existing rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12064718 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251119-Miners-Lung-silicosis-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251119-Miners-Lung-silicosis-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251119-Miners-Lung-silicosis-01-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251119-Miners-Lung-silicosis-01-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of a pair of lungs with silicosis used in a Cal/OSHA presentation slide about the disease, and rising numbers of cases in California, at a public meeting on Nov. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Museomed via Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It appears they’re just turning a blind eye to law-breaking by sweatshops that are breaking our immigration laws, labor, health and safety laws, exposing their employees to the dust that causes silicosis,” McClintock told Schult. “And it appears that instead of enforcing the law against these illegal practices, the Democrats prefer to drive you out of business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is not the only state facing a growing silicosis problem. 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Our review has resulted in a host of new ideas for better serving Veterans that we will continue to pursue.”[aside postID=news_12068953 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/230913-ChildCareCenterEviction-007-BL_qed.jpg']Collins is expected to \u003ca href=\"https://www.veterans.senate.gov/2026/1/chairman-moran-announces-committee-hearing-with-secretary-collins-on-reorganization-of-va-healthcare-system\">testify\u003c/a> before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on the details surrounding proposed changes on Jan. 28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nationwide cuts were announced in December, targeting positions that have been vacant for at least a year. The VA has argued that the dissolution of these positions will not negatively affect care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No VA employees are being removed, and this will have zero impact on veteran care,” VA Press Secretary Pete Kasperowicz said. He called the positions “mostly COVID-era roles that are no longer necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s sort of like saying that, you know, you could throw out your fire extinguisher because your house hasn’t caught fire lately, and you have a sink and a bucket,” Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sunny afternoon rally in San Francisco’s Land End drew honks and cheers from passing cars. Suzanne Gordon, co-founder of the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute, told the crowd that the administration’s decision will strangle the system and kill patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’ll end up depriving them of healthcare because of staff cuts and capping cuts … Every healthcare system has vacant positions, but a healthy healthcare system fills them quickly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco rally followed one in New York City \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses-and-veterans-to-rally-against-trump-plan-to-eliminate-hundreds-of-va-jobs-in-nyc\">last week\u003c/a>. 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If you’re looking for some extra motivation to keep going, read on to hear expert insights about the life benefits of staying the course through Jan. 31 — and beyond — and how to maintain your willpower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#4ideasforfindingyourdryJanuarymotivationonceagain\">4 ideas for finding your dry January motivation once again\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Think of what you’re gaining\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Drinking can sneak up on people,” Humphreys said, adding that while someone may wake up and not have a plan to drink that day, spontaneous opportunities — like catching up with a coworker over a few drinks — can pop up very easily. “Dry January is about saying, ‘Don’t slide into this. Think about it. Decide what \u003cem>you\u003c/em> want to do,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of seeing this month as a moment without something — namely alcohol — it can be helpful to think of it as a moment where you’ve gained something pretty unique: an extended period of time to reflect on what life is like when you \u003cem>are\u003c/em> drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069537\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DryJanuaryGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DryJanuaryGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DryJanuaryGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DryJanuaryGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For many, it’s not easy to get through a whole “dry January. \u003ccite>(Daniel Tamas Mehes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Some people report that these dry periods can help them understand their relationship with alcohol or notice the impact their alcohol use has had on their life in different ways,” said Glenn-Milo Santos, professor at UC San Francisco, who conducts research on alcohol use and interventions to address alcohol use disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They might identify areas in their life where alcohol had an outsized effect or impact than they wanted to on their job performance or their relationships with their family, friends or partner,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Speaking of performance, \u003ca href=\"https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/managing-your-drinking/dry-january/about-dry-january/the-dry-january-story\">according to Alcohol Change UK\u003c/a>, the concept of Dry January \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/01/nx-s1-5662527/the-origins-of-dry-january\">originated in 2011\u003c/a> with their former deputy CEO Emily Robinson, who back then decided to give up alcohol for a month before her half-marathon. The benefits of cutting back on drinking were so significant for Robinson that she would later pitch the idea to the organization.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use this month to figure out how you want to drink for the rest of the year. Do you want to just drink on the weekends or on special occasions? When does it make sense for you to turn down that extra drink?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A dry period can serve as a dry run for people’s long-term alcohol reduction strategy,” Santos said. “It can help people hone in on the skills that they use to navigate situations where there’s alcohol present.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Your body has already noticed some changes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Multiple studies show that \u003ca href=\"https://health.ucdavis.edu/blog/cultivating-health/dry-january-why-cutting-out-alcohol-this-month-can-boost-your-health-sleep-mood-and-more/2025/12\">an extended break from alcohol\u003c/a> can help folks sleep better, exercise more and even lose weight. For some people, dry periods have even helped \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6118407/\">bring down their blood pressure\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12030278 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1357042436-1020x680.jpg']Chief among the medical benefits: The health of your liver, the organ that processes your alcohol intake. “When you abstain from alcohol, your liver starts to heal itself,” Santos said. “That’s something that people won’t notice — but your liver will.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each day that you don’t drink is another opportunity for your liver to heal from the effects of alcohol. The liver is one of the few organs in the body that is able to replace damaged tissue with new cells and has shown \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/03/429671/liver-disease-patients-dramatically-improve-thanks-new-approach\">a remarkable ability\u003c/a> to heal itself within short periods of time, but certain factors — like alcohol — \u003ca href=\"https://www.hepatitis.va.gov/basics/reversing-liver-damage.asp\">limit this ability\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if you’re drinking once or twice a week, it’s possible that you might be consuming alcohol that is potentially reaching harmful amounts,” Santos said. And “five or more drinks on a single occasion for men, and four or more drinks on a single occasion, for women: that elevates your blood alcohol level to harmful amounts to your body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Less alcohol is probably helping you make healthier food choices …\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We also tend to cut back on other things when we’re not drinking, Humphreys said — what he called the “2,000 calorie glass of wine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcohol can “somewhat sap our self-control for super fatty types of things,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You wouldn’t eat the double fudge forest cake at the restaurant, but then you have a glass of wine and think, ‘Ah, let me have that double fudge cake’,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>… and benefiting your wallet too\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As anyone who’s ever checked their credit card statement after a night out with friends, drinking — especially mixed drinks like craft cocktails — can be an increasingly expensive proposition. (Not to mention that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064432/how-much-should-you-tip-for-a-drink-at-a-bar-in-the-bay-area\">expectations around tipping\u003c/a> have also shifted since the pandemic.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks in, you can now check how much you’ve been able to save in 2026 already by not drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By comparing your expenses from this month to last month’s, you may gain extra motivation to keep going with your dry January — and you may even want to buy something nice for yourself or a loved one at the end of the month with what you’ve saved.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"4ideasforfindingyourdryJanuarymotivationonceagain\">\u003c/a>4 ideas for finding your dry January motivation once again\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remind yourself why you’re doing this\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s changing your diet, going to the gym or even learning a new language, everybody struggles with big behavior changes, Humphreys said. “You should not kick yourself for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recommends thinking carefully about your original motivations for taking on dry January and writing them down somewhere, if you didn’t initially start on Jan. 1. “Part of the struggle is when we start thinking, ‘Why am I doing this? This is a pain’,” he said. “That’s when you go back to your motivation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Draw on nearby support\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can share these motivations with your family or friends so they can also understand how much this means to you — and support you by planning activities that they know you enjoy that are also alcohol-free. “We all need encouragement, because behavior change is so hard,” Humphreys said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something else to consider: reach out to folks you know who are also taking an alcohol break. “Having both the support and the accountability of somebody else doing the same thing is really helpful — and keeps each other honest,” added Humphreys. “It’s so much easier if you have fellow travelers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be conscious of triggers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As you reflect on what life is when you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> drink, something else you can ask yourself: What situations, feelings or places make me want to drink?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe you had a long day, and you’re tired, or had an argument with somebody,” Humphreys said. “Or some people get very hungry, and their self-control wanes, and they want to consume something.” Even walking around town could be a trigger, he said — like passing a liquor store or running into friends at your favorite bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco ranks near the top of nationwide lists for most bars and \u003ca href=\"https://wallethub.com/edu/most-fun-cities-in-the-us/23455\">dance clubs per capita\u003c/a>, and most of the Bay Area — except for Alameda County — has \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2023/01/20/san-francisco-bay-area-drinking-smoking-rates-maps/\">a larger percentage of residents who binge drink\u003c/a> than the national average of 15.5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when alcohol is so easily available, it’s especially important to be conscious of what our triggers are, Santos said. “If you track these things, that could also provide you with some actionable steps,” he said. “You can make a plan to try to avoid those situations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know it’s OK if you do miss a day\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do end up drinking, that doesn’t mean your dry January is completely over, Humphreys said. “You can just start again tomorrow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And if you make it 28 or 29 out of the 31 days, and that’s better than you usually do, I would still say that you didn’t get everything you wanted, but you \u003cem>did \u003c/em>make a change,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to seek professional support and community around drinking\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re really struggling to keep your promise and stay motivated, this could be a good time to check in with someone you trust — like a doctor or mentor — to understand how alcohol is impacting your life, Humphreys said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you find that you’re repeatedly drinking in situations that cause some harm to you or people that you care about, and you know that, but it’s just hard to stop,” he said, “that’s usually the sign that you have a drinking problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11876636 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1315\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut-800x548.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut-1020x699.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut-1536x1052.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For many, it’s not easy to get through a whole “dry January.” \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“And that doesn’t mean you’re at the alcoholic end,” he said, “but you’ve got a problem because you’re doing damage to yourself, your marriage, your kids, or your coworkers, and you keep doing it because you prioritize drinking that much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news: If you want to make a long-term change to your drinking habits, there are a lot of ways to do that in the Bay Area. You can join a peer support group like \u003ca href=\"https://meetings.smartrecovery.org/meetings/\">SMART Recovery\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://womenforsobriety.org/\">Women for Sobriety\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://aasfmarin.org/\">Alcoholics Anonymous\u003c/a>. The San Francisco-based nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthright360.org/get-help/\">HealthRIGHT 360\u003c/a> also offers support groups that specifically serve women, Asian Americans and the LGBTQ+ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some groups also focus on moderation management for folks who want to keep drinking but in a healthier and controlled way. But what’s most important is finding people with whom you can talk about these challenges, Humphreys said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, “you’ve got other people on the same journey,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another option you can ask your primary doctor about is naltrexone: a medication approved by the FDA to treat alcohol use disorder. “Naltrexone works by blocking the opioid receptors and by doing so, it reduces the pleasurable effects that you experience from drinking alcohol,” said Santos, who has researched how the medication changes the way people drink. “It also reduces people’s craving for alcohol.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking a month off from drinking may not resolve serious alcohol use disorders, but it can help people put themselves back in charge of how much they’re drinking, said Keith Humphreys, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University who studies addiction. “\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we reach the month’s halfway mark, it might be right about now that you’re finding yourself running out of steam to keep up your own dry January. If you’re looking for some extra motivation to keep going, read on to hear expert insights about the life benefits of staying the course through Jan. 31 — and beyond — and how to maintain your willpower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#4ideasforfindingyourdryJanuarymotivationonceagain\">4 ideas for finding your dry January motivation once again\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Think of what you’re gaining\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Drinking can sneak up on people,” Humphreys said, adding that while someone may wake up and not have a plan to drink that day, spontaneous opportunities — like catching up with a coworker over a few drinks — can pop up very easily. “Dry January is about saying, ‘Don’t slide into this. Think about it. Decide what \u003cem>you\u003c/em> want to do,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of seeing this month as a moment without something — namely alcohol — it can be helpful to think of it as a moment where you’ve gained something pretty unique: an extended period of time to reflect on what life is like when you \u003cem>are\u003c/em> drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069537\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DryJanuaryGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DryJanuaryGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DryJanuaryGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DryJanuaryGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For many, it’s not easy to get through a whole “dry January. \u003ccite>(Daniel Tamas Mehes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Some people report that these dry periods can help them understand their relationship with alcohol or notice the impact their alcohol use has had on their life in different ways,” said Glenn-Milo Santos, professor at UC San Francisco, who conducts research on alcohol use and interventions to address alcohol use disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They might identify areas in their life where alcohol had an outsized effect or impact than they wanted to on their job performance or their relationships with their family, friends or partner,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Speaking of performance, \u003ca href=\"https://alcoholchange.org.uk/help-and-support/managing-your-drinking/dry-january/about-dry-january/the-dry-january-story\">according to Alcohol Change UK\u003c/a>, the concept of Dry January \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/01/nx-s1-5662527/the-origins-of-dry-january\">originated in 2011\u003c/a> with their former deputy CEO Emily Robinson, who back then decided to give up alcohol for a month before her half-marathon. The benefits of cutting back on drinking were so significant for Robinson that she would later pitch the idea to the organization.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use this month to figure out how you want to drink for the rest of the year. Do you want to just drink on the weekends or on special occasions? When does it make sense for you to turn down that extra drink?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A dry period can serve as a dry run for people’s long-term alcohol reduction strategy,” Santos said. “It can help people hone in on the skills that they use to navigate situations where there’s alcohol present.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Your body has already noticed some changes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Multiple studies show that \u003ca href=\"https://health.ucdavis.edu/blog/cultivating-health/dry-january-why-cutting-out-alcohol-this-month-can-boost-your-health-sleep-mood-and-more/2025/12\">an extended break from alcohol\u003c/a> can help folks sleep better, exercise more and even lose weight. For some people, dry periods have even helped \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6118407/\">bring down their blood pressure\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Chief among the medical benefits: The health of your liver, the organ that processes your alcohol intake. “When you abstain from alcohol, your liver starts to heal itself,” Santos said. “That’s something that people won’t notice — but your liver will.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each day that you don’t drink is another opportunity for your liver to heal from the effects of alcohol. The liver is one of the few organs in the body that is able to replace damaged tissue with new cells and has shown \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/03/429671/liver-disease-patients-dramatically-improve-thanks-new-approach\">a remarkable ability\u003c/a> to heal itself within short periods of time, but certain factors — like alcohol — \u003ca href=\"https://www.hepatitis.va.gov/basics/reversing-liver-damage.asp\">limit this ability\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if you’re drinking once or twice a week, it’s possible that you might be consuming alcohol that is potentially reaching harmful amounts,” Santos said. And “five or more drinks on a single occasion for men, and four or more drinks on a single occasion, for women: that elevates your blood alcohol level to harmful amounts to your body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Less alcohol is probably helping you make healthier food choices …\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We also tend to cut back on other things when we’re not drinking, Humphreys said — what he called the “2,000 calorie glass of wine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcohol can “somewhat sap our self-control for super fatty types of things,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You wouldn’t eat the double fudge forest cake at the restaurant, but then you have a glass of wine and think, ‘Ah, let me have that double fudge cake’,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>… and benefiting your wallet too\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As anyone who’s ever checked their credit card statement after a night out with friends, drinking — especially mixed drinks like craft cocktails — can be an increasingly expensive proposition. (Not to mention that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064432/how-much-should-you-tip-for-a-drink-at-a-bar-in-the-bay-area\">expectations around tipping\u003c/a> have also shifted since the pandemic.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks in, you can now check how much you’ve been able to save in 2026 already by not drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By comparing your expenses from this month to last month’s, you may gain extra motivation to keep going with your dry January — and you may even want to buy something nice for yourself or a loved one at the end of the month with what you’ve saved.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"4ideasforfindingyourdryJanuarymotivationonceagain\">\u003c/a>4 ideas for finding your dry January motivation once again\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remind yourself why you’re doing this\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s changing your diet, going to the gym or even learning a new language, everybody struggles with big behavior changes, Humphreys said. “You should not kick yourself for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recommends thinking carefully about your original motivations for taking on dry January and writing them down somewhere, if you didn’t initially start on Jan. 1. “Part of the struggle is when we start thinking, ‘Why am I doing this? This is a pain’,” he said. “That’s when you go back to your motivation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Draw on nearby support\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can share these motivations with your family or friends so they can also understand how much this means to you — and support you by planning activities that they know you enjoy that are also alcohol-free. “We all need encouragement, because behavior change is so hard,” Humphreys said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something else to consider: reach out to folks you know who are also taking an alcohol break. “Having both the support and the accountability of somebody else doing the same thing is really helpful — and keeps each other honest,” added Humphreys. “It’s so much easier if you have fellow travelers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be conscious of triggers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As you reflect on what life is when you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> drink, something else you can ask yourself: What situations, feelings or places make me want to drink?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe you had a long day, and you’re tired, or had an argument with somebody,” Humphreys said. “Or some people get very hungry, and their self-control wanes, and they want to consume something.” Even walking around town could be a trigger, he said — like passing a liquor store or running into friends at your favorite bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco ranks near the top of nationwide lists for most bars and \u003ca href=\"https://wallethub.com/edu/most-fun-cities-in-the-us/23455\">dance clubs per capita\u003c/a>, and most of the Bay Area — except for Alameda County — has \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2023/01/20/san-francisco-bay-area-drinking-smoking-rates-maps/\">a larger percentage of residents who binge drink\u003c/a> than the national average of 15.5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when alcohol is so easily available, it’s especially important to be conscious of what our triggers are, Santos said. “If you track these things, that could also provide you with some actionable steps,” he said. “You can make a plan to try to avoid those situations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know it’s OK if you do miss a day\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do end up drinking, that doesn’t mean your dry January is completely over, Humphreys said. “You can just start again tomorrow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And if you make it 28 or 29 out of the 31 days, and that’s better than you usually do, I would still say that you didn’t get everything you wanted, but you \u003cem>did \u003c/em>make a change,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to seek professional support and community around drinking\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re really struggling to keep your promise and stay motivated, this could be a good time to check in with someone you trust — like a doctor or mentor — to understand how alcohol is impacting your life, Humphreys said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you find that you’re repeatedly drinking in situations that cause some harm to you or people that you care about, and you know that, but it’s just hard to stop,” he said, “that’s usually the sign that you have a drinking problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11876636 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1315\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut-800x548.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut-1020x699.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49636_GettyImages-980583408-qut-1536x1052.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For many, it’s not easy to get through a whole “dry January.” \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“And that doesn’t mean you’re at the alcoholic end,” he said, “but you’ve got a problem because you’re doing damage to yourself, your marriage, your kids, or your coworkers, and you keep doing it because you prioritize drinking that much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news: If you want to make a long-term change to your drinking habits, there are a lot of ways to do that in the Bay Area. 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