Weirdly enough, The article hints that the legislation won't ban natural stone.
What alternatives are there to engineered stone?
* Natural stone What alternatives are there to engineered stone?
* Natural stoneI don't understand how you could possibly draw this conclusion based on the evidence we have.
>However doctors began sounding the alarm after noticing a surge in stonemasons developing silicosis, a long-term and sometimes fatal lung disease caused by inhaling unsafe levels of silica dust.
This is all in the last couple decades where doctors were well aware of and tracking cases. It’s very well documented and there’s no debate about cases increasing. The only debate is what exact is it about ES that makes it so much more deadly then natural stone.
It is very much linked to the use of ES not “better tracking of cases”
You clearly did absolutely no research or even read the linked article and are responding with you feelings on the matter.