UK urged to consider ban on artificial stone worktops over silicosis risk

Leading medic calls for urgent action to protect those who cut the material after rise in cases of the incurable disease

The government should consider a ban on artificial stone worktops after a rise in cases of an incurable disease linked to their manufacture, experts have said.

One leading medic has called for urgent action to protect workers who cut the material.

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