The resounding message of the Safe Work Australia report into silicosis is simple: Ban engineered stone benchtops and save worker lives. So what will make governments act, asks Adele Ferguson.

Damning silicosis report calls for world-first ban on deadly engineered stone —will governments listen?

Silicosis is a work-related disease that is entirely preventable. It is on the rise globally due in part to weak regulators and companies putting profit before the safety of workers.

  • Sony@lemmy.worldOPM
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    11 months ago

    Yip this would be ideal ,the guys over here have had a campaign on the go for over 25 years for the simple reason they were dropping like flies ,during this period they have petitioned government relentlessly for improvement in conditions as well as public awareness which would highlight all of the dangers associated with dust.

    As a result the present government no longer records dusty deaths and also removed dusty diseases from the reportable list 'To cut back on red tape ’ back in 2013 .

    The guesstimated number of deaths by dust in this country when all the diseases associated with occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica are are combined can only be described as staggering !

    The last All Party Government Hearing in January of this year agreed with the findings and found the present situation not only shocking but completely unacceptable ,so they made many recommendations …Guess what’s changed ?

    Last January’s All Party UK government report can be found further down this page .

    • geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de
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      11 months ago

      Sorry I don’t see the UK gov report, could you link it?

      Thanks for all the info btw, I know I’m focusing on the points where we disagree but the info is really interesting and informative