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"Silica dust is a very fine dust produced when products such as bricks,
concrete and pavers are cut or drilled. Artificial stone, which is used mainly
for kitchen benchtops, is a particularly potent source of silica dust.
Breathing this dust into the lungs can cause severe long-term damage. This can
result in breathing difficulties, scarring of the lungs (silicosis) and lung
cancer.
In our recently published report, we estimate that without action, Australian
workers would develop more than 10,000 future lung cancers and almost 104,000
silicosis cases during their lifetime due to their exposure to silica dust.
This is around 1% of all future lung cancers in the Australian adult
population.
However, banning artificial stone would reduce silica exposure and could
prevent 100 lung cancers and almost 1,000 silicosis cases over the lifetime of
these workers."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
