Campaigners have issued fresh calls for a ban on trendy quartz worktops which have been linked to a spate of cases of deadly lung disease.
READ MORE:A popular type of worktop seen in kitchens up and down the country should be banned due to its deadly effects on lung health, union leaders have demanded.
Shelly Asquith, Health and safety policy officer at the federation of trade unions, said current exposure limits for silica dust have been set 'far too high'. Last month, father-of-three and stonemason Marek Marzec, 48, died after months of receiving end-of-life care for silicosis. Last year, eight men were referred to a specialist occupational lung disease clinic, aged between 27 and 56 at the time of diagnosis.
Although none worked in worktop manufacture or installation they all carried out the ‘finishing’ process, specifically cutting and polishing the worktops before installation. Marek Marzec was left terminally ill at 48 after spending a decade working with quartz worktops at a stone manufacturer. His family have since confirmed his death
These calls are backed by a second study published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine, which stated the substance could be gradually phased out. 'Diagnosis can be devastating. It is affecting young men, many of whom have only worked with this material for a few years,' she told The Sun.
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