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State and territory workplace health and safety ministers will be asked to fast-track a ban on the domestic use of silica, following its link to a deadly lung condition.
An estimated 600,000 workers have been exposed to silica dust generated through mining, construction, building and manufacturing.
If a children’s toy was harming or killing kids we’d take it off the shelves – how many thousands of workers have to die before we do something about silica products?
We can’t keep delaying this. It’s time we considered a ban. I’m not willing to wait around the way people did with asbestos.
Continue reading…Defence minister says ‘clear-eyed’ statecraft more important than ever amid regional tensions. Follow the day’s newsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastState and territory workplace health and safety ministers will be asked to fast-track a ban on the domestic use of silica, following its link to a deadly lung condition.An estimated 600,000 workers have been exposed to silica dust generated through mining, construction, building and manufacturing.If a children’s toy was harming or killing kids we’d take it off the shelves – how many thousands of workers have to die before we do something about silica products?We can’t keep delaying this. It’s time we considered a ban. I’m not willing to wait around the way people did with asbestos. Continue reading…