Hundreds of New Zealand stonemasons could be at risk of an incurable lung disease, but ACC says “relatively few” have taken up a chance to get themselves assessed.
Accelerated silicosis is caused by people breathing in airborne crystalline silica when cutting stone bench tops. People who have the bench tops in their homes are not at risk.
It irreversibly damages the lungs and can lead to death or the need for a lung transplant.
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