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.
The CDC reports that in 2015, drug overdoses involving an opioid accounted for 33,091 US deaths, constituting 63.1% of all drug overdose deaths. From 2014 to 2015, the age-adjusted opioid-involved death rate increased by 15.6%, from 9.0 to 10.4 per 100,000 in 2014.