NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey compared the current campaign by engineered stone manufacturers to the tactics used before the nationwide prohibition of asbestos.
Manufacturers campaigning to prevent a nationwide ban on the use of engineered stone have been accused of spreading misinformation by NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, who compared the current advertising push to the tactics used by concrete manufacturer James Hardie before the nationwide prohibition of asbestos 20 years ago.
James Hardie was the manufacturing company commonly associated with asbestos, which causes lung diseases, after it used the substance in many of its building products. In 2005, the company signed an agreement with the NSW government to pay out $4.5 billion for asbestos victims. “Despite the rhetoric from the unions, the reality is that a ban on only one product containing silica will not solve silicosis,” Cullen said.“There is a genuine concern that focusing on only one product containing silica may increase risks to workers by creating the impression that other forms of stone are ‘safe’ and do not require the same level of caution.”
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