Australia's workplace ministers have agreed to implement a national ban on engineered stone, over concerns its use has led to a surge in silicosis cases among workers.
    • Mango@lemmy.world
      41·
      1 year ago

      No it isn’t.

      How about real stone? That’s pretty analogous to fake stone. Wood isn’t even pretending.

      • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        1 year ago

        I’m sure you’ll find breathing stone dust doesn’t do you any favour’s either. Strange to be they banned the product instead of mandating wet saws or something.

        • Zane
          3·
          1 year ago

          Funnily enough, we ended up with a very pretty real granite in our kitchen last year because it was 25% cheaper than the engineered options we found.