Anthony Albanese met with silicosis survivors in 2021 to discuss the crisis, vowing to fight for workers' rights if he were to be elected.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12673201/Tradies-union-rally-parliament-ban-deadly-kitchen-product.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

At no time did we talk about the hidden costs of the option, specifically that the people — mainly young Latinos — who cut engineered stone countertops are getting sick and dying from silicosis, a disease I had never even heard of.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-08/countertops-quartz-silicosis

Doctors decided to send some silicosis patients there too, since they also suffered from a lung condition.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/11/05/then-again-killer-dust-decimated-the-ranks-of-barre-granite-cutters/

“Some Aussies may be familiar with silicosis given recent publicity around the association of the disease with engineered stone products.

Source: https://www.bandt.com.au/urgent-campaign-another-one-fights-the-dust-calls-tradies-to-fight-against-silica-dust-via-ogilvy/

The annual report for Queensland’s lung diseases register says 40 new cases of silicosis were recorded in 2021-22.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/silicosis-response-tantamount-to-industrial-manslaughter-says-expert-20230223-p5cn6l.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_politics_federal

Yigal Rozman, another Israeli stonemason, hasn’t worked since 1997 after developing silicosis during the five years he worked with the product.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/the-shiny-kitchen-benchtops-killing-young-australians-20230215-p5ckpn.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed