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ACTU secretary Sally McManus is backing calls to ban engineered stone.

Unions call on Albanese to enact immediate ban on engineered stone

State ministers back a ban on the manufactured stone commonly used in kitchen benchtops which has been shown to cause serious disease and death in tradies using it.

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An Australian kitchen featuring engineered stone.
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Shiny benchtops come at too great a price

The calls to ban engineered stone kitchen benchtops and similar building products are understandably growing louder.

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