Quartz is the second most abundant material in the earth's crust (which is good), but the acrylic resins used in quartz countertops are petroleum by-products, and they often contain alumina trihydrate fillers made from bauxite ore, which is mined primarily under toxic conditions in developing countries.
Rhode Island Numbers. 1  Drug overdoses in Rhode Island are a public health crisis. 2  Most overdose deaths are confirmed within 3 months; however, sometimes toxicology test results take longer to confirm. 3  Data for the most recent 3 months are not complete and do not reflect the total number of deaths for the month.
An examination of recent trends in drug overdose deaths revealed which drugs are the deadliest to use. Here are the most common drugs people overdosed on in 2015. Overall, opioids accounted for 33,091 of the 52,404 drug overdose deaths that occurred in the U.S. in 2015. That category includes heroin as well as the natural, semisynthetic, and synthetic painkillers.