"Considered by many a malady of the past, silicosis, a progressive and incurable lung disease, has emerged on a worrying scale amongst workers fabricating and installing artificial stone kitchen and bathroom countertops. Silicosis is caused by the long-term inhalation of fine dust particles known as respirable crystalline silica. Silicosis's reappearance in developed economies such as Europe, Australia and the United States, with young workers once again dying of this entirely preventable disease, begs the question: where did it all go wrong?"

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