Safer alternatives to engineered stone countertops could include wooden butcher block, tile, stainless steel, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IARC_group_1_Carcinogens#Compl...
Other articles have shown the shops where this product is cut in mass without any PPE. The shops are a hazard to anyone that gets close as there appears to be about zero dust control.
But even this is a tempest in a teacup compared to the amount of concrete cutting occurring without PPE. I don't see concrete being replaced on job sites, so I do wonder what the motivation behind many of these articles are? It's like some industry group that sells a competing product wants more exposure to their product without actually making the workplace safer for the people working with it.