MPs to investigate impact of silicosis on workers

A parliamentary inquiry investigating the impact that silicosis has on construction workers has been launched.

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Respiratory Health and BC&E – a not-for-profit organisation that offers services to construction workers – are seeking to understand why construction workers’ lives are being cut short by this variant of lung disease, caused by inhaling respirable crystalline silica.

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