"The stone benchtop industry is a multi-billion-dollar industry, employing hundreds of thousands of workers internationally.

Monash University research has confirmed the disturbing increase in the deadly lung disease, which is caused by inhaling fine silica dust particles, and is a growing concern for workers in industries ...

Our study has demonstrated an alarmingly rapid increase in cases of silicosis caused by work with artificial stone and provides further justification for Australia's prohibition of the material.