""I love this place," said Vasquez, who is a seasonal farmworker and, like the majority of people eating with Al & Friends, lacks access to nutritious food. " Everything's free-clothes, food-what we need, everything's here.""
""It was engrained in me at a very early age that people shared what they had," he said."
""As long as this dangerous material remains available and is purchased and used in California, it's inevitable that people will continue to be exposed and die," Blick said."
Al & Friends serves weekly Sunday meals at Window on the Bay in Monterey, with about half of the food donated and restaurant-quality nutrition offered to people in need. Attendance grew from roughly 20 people 12 years ago to as many as 150 some weeks. Many regulars are seasonal farmworkers and other residents lacking access to nutritious food. California has strict rules to limit silica dust exposure in countertop fabrication, but experts warn regulations alone will not prevent a surge in silicosis cases. Medical and occupational safety experts urge an urgent phase-out of hazardous engineered stone, as Australia has implemented.
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