Silicosis and the manufactured stone industry: An update

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The NSW Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice is currently examining the management of silicosis in the manufactured stone industry as part of its annual review of the NSW Dust Diseases Scheme. This e-brief provides an overview of developments at the State and Commonwealth level since the Committee’s 2019 report on this issue. Those developments include: the latest silicosis data in NSW and other States; government actions to prevent, monitor and manage silicosis; improvements in silicosis health screening; research into new diagnostic techniques and treatments; and the National Dust Disease Taskforce’s Final Report.

Tom Gotsis
Parliamentary Research Service
e-brief 2, 2021

Published: 30 November 2021
This is a modified version of a paper produced by the Research Service for the Committee in October 2021.