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'The only way to stop it is to ban it': The battle to stop engineered stone killing workers (www.abc.net.au)

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Damning silicosis report calls for world-first ban on deadly engineered stone —will governments listen?

Silicosis is a work-related disease that is entirely preventable. It is on the rise globally due in part to weak regulators and companies putting profit before the safety of workers.

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[–] ChicoSuave 9 points 1 year ago

When a manager makes an accounting decision to weaken work site safety, they don't care because they aren't exposed to their own decisions.

Anyone making rules for safe work sites should have to live and operate under the conditions they set for others. When the managers who make the workplace safety decisions have their own lives on the line, you can best be sure the site will be safe.