MPs and campaigners are demanding tougher measures to protect young tradespeople after the UK’s health and safety watchdog issued a major safety alert about a popular kitchen worktop material.
It the first official guidance for engineered stone, which has been linked to a new aggressive form of the deadly lung disease silicosis, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) warns employers they must prevent workers from breathing in toxic silica dust.
So engineered stone is equivalent to MDF. It’s a dust of the material mixed with resin. You can mould it like plastic but it has the appearance of stone. When you cut it you get a fine dust. Engineered stone is very cheap compared to granite.
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