Former stonemason and father of three Nicholas Boreham is seeking compensation in Australia for an incurable lung disease caused by silica dust from engineered stone.
The 33-year-old Lower Hutt man is urging other New Zealanders who have worked for engineered stone fabricators across the Tasman to apply for Australian worker compensation if health checks show lung damage from exposure to toxic levels of silica. Read more: stuff.co.nz