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Kitchen worktop stone ‘must be banned to stop deaths’ after safety alert (www.msn.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Bampot to c/dangerdust

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MPs and campaigners are demanding tougher measures to protect young tradespeople after the UK’s health and safety watchdog issued a major safety alert about a popular kitchen worktop material.

It the first official guidance for engineered stone, which has been linked to a new aggressive form of the deadly lung disease silicosis, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) warns employers they must prevent workers from breathing in toxic silica dust.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

How does “engineered stone” and something like granite differ?

[–] SquiffSquiff 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

So engineered stone is equivalent to MDF. It's a dust of the material mixed with resin. You can mould it like plastic but it has the appearance of stone. When you cut it you get a fine dust. Engineered stone is very cheap compared to granite.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Thank you!

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