In just a few weeks four Hunter artificial stone workers were diagnosed with the deadly silicosis

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated October 8 2019 - 7:43am, first published 4:30am
Tragic: Gold Coast stonemason Anthony White, 36, who died in March of silicosis. A NSW parliamentary inquiry has been told four Hunter workers were diagnosed with silicosis in June and July, but the number is likely the tip of the iceberg.
Tragic: Gold Coast stonemason Anthony White, 36, who died in March of silicosis. A NSW parliamentary inquiry has been told four Hunter workers were diagnosed with silicosis in June and July, but the number is likely the tip of the iceberg.

AT least four Hunter artificial stone workers have been diagnosed with silicosis in the past few months in what a NSW parliamentary inquiry has been told is a silicosis crisis that regulators are failing to address.

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