Silicosis story deepens
Australian research has down that just as many workers exposed to occupational respirable crystalline silica have developed autoimmune diseases, in addition to or independent of silicosis. Read More...
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$3 million for silicosis training
The Australian Government will spend $3 million on training for health professionals to better support workers affected by silicosis and other occupational dust diseases. Read More...
Silicosis update
Commonwealth, State and Territory work health and safety ministers met on 1 March 2023 to discuss the urgent action needed to combat the growing number of Australians impacted by silicosis. Read More...
Silicosis: 100,000 potential cases
Australia’s unions have launched a major campaign renewing their call for engineered stone to be banned due to the risk of silicosis. Read More...
10,000 Aussie workers impacted by silica
New modelling by Curtin University suggests that up to 10,000 Australians are predicted to develop lung cancer in their lifetime from being exposed to silica, with more than half a million Australian workers currently subjected to the harmful dust. Read More...
Silica stressed workers
With home renovations hitting an all-time high during the pandemic (to the tune of $12.3 billion in 2021) serious concern continues about the health impacts of silicosis among people from the artificial stone benchtop industry, including on their mental wellbeing. Read More...
Silicosis – why it’s back and how to find it
Silicosis was a disease of the distant past. Some of us remember stories about underground miners in the mid-20th century, working in terrible conditions in tunnels filled with the dust created from their old-fashioned pneumatic drills with only a cloth to filter the air. These mine workers would end up terribly disabled, slowly dying as their lungs were destroyed by chronic silicosis. Read More...
Silicosis Update
In a developed country such as Australia, with well-organised public health and regulatory systems and world-class research facilities, it should be possible to bring an end to the scourge of accelerated silicosis quickly. Read More...