Australian ban on engineered stone and handling of existing benchtops to be considered later this year
by Benita Kolovos from World news | The Guardian on (#6FX47)
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The Australian workplace safety watchdog has recommended a national ban on engineered stone and a special licensing scheme for the handling of existing benchtops, finding no level of cancer-causing silica is safe" for tradies.
The report by Safe Work Australia was released after state and federal workplace safety ministers met on Friday to discuss the future of the material.
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