A treatise on silica and the effects of engineered stone benchtop manufacturing

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A treatise on silica and the effects of engineered stone benchtop manufacturing

David McBride

David McBride

Occupational health
Engineered stone is a popular kitchen benchtop, but cutting it can lead to accelerated silicosis

Silicosis is an incurable lung disease that can affect a wide range of occupations. In this article, occupational health expert David McBride summarises the most significant occupational lung disease since asbestosis

The recent debacle with silicosis and engineered stone benchtops gave the impetus for this article, originally about a patient with long-standing chro