Silicosis surge prompts calls for a ban on engineered stone products | 7.30

Engineered stone benchtops have transformed kitchens and bathrooms across Australia, but the number of people being diagnosed with a serious lung condition after working with it is continuing to rise at an alarming rate. A national taskforce has now recommended the product should be banned if the industry doesn't clean up its act. This report from Peter McCutcheon and Michael Atkin.
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