A health expert's backing a strengthened occupational health service, as a way to prevent silicosis
A health expert's backing a strengthened occupational health service, as a way to prevent silicosis
6 November 2023
The deadly disease can happen when the dust of engineered stone is inhaled.
A Ministry of Health investigation calls for more worker protections, ventilation systems, and masks.
College of Physicians silicosis expert Alexandra Mutu says workplace illness is a gap that's not being addressed well enough.
She says unfortunately, change in that area's not being proposed under health reforms.
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