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Ban on popular benchtops being considered as wave of deadly illness sparks alarm
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A ban on popular artificial stone benchtops is being considered by a national taskforce grappling with spiralling rates of deadly silicosis in tradies.
Artificial stone has become ubiquitous in Australian kitchens and bathrooms since it hit the marketplace two decades ago as an affordable alternative to marble or granite.
Artificial stone contains up to 95 per cent silica, compared to less than 40 per cent silica in natural stone.
However, the home renovation trend has corresponded with an exponential rise in rates of silicosis among construction workers.
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Premium Content  ATREUS Stanley Burvill would have celebrated his first birthday on April 7, but tragically his parents Courtney and Ben lost their only child at 22 weeks gestation when he was born still. Experiencing stillbirth was absolutely mind-blowing and traumatic, said Mrs Burvill. Mind-blowing to find out how many people actually experience it, and traumatic in the sense there is no way to control your feelings or emotions. Nothing prepares you for what you go through and what we continue to go through from our experience of stillbirth. There s no heads up, no notice. The Upper Coomera couple say their grief haunts them daily, but they re speaking out to start the conversation about stillbirth, something that affects six in 10 Australians but is rarely spoken about.
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