Silicosis Issues to Be With US for Decades: Workplace Relations Minister

Minister for Employment Tony Burke during a press conference in the Mural Hall at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on June 17, 2020. Sam Mooy/Getty Images

Issues surrounding potentially deadly engineered stone products in Australia will be ongoing for multiple decades, according to the workplace relations minister.

Following a meeting of workplace health and safety ministers, the national work safety watchdog is investigating a possible ban on silica products.