It’s no secret that Australia is a country of renovators - but what’s not well known is that many of the young tradies in the industry have unknowingly been handed a death sentence. 9News
investigation, Adele Ferguson reveals startling information that while the workers say they've been unaware of the dangers, not so the manufacturers of these products.Stonemason Ken Parker, 47, has been diagnosed with silicosis, an incurable disease caused by silica dust particles penetrating into the lungs.
Since as early as the 1990s, every Caesarstone Material Safety Data Sheet and fabrication guide has carried warnings about the presence of quartz and the risk of silicosis from inhaling quartz dust.
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