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It was my understanding that silicosis can be prevented with proper adherence to safety standards and use of PPE. Is a flat out ban really necessary?
Yes. Because tradies and their associated business owners simply can't be fucked with using - or enforcing the use of - PPE.
They're also often dicking around trimming pieces during the final installation on site where eg bulk extraction and filtering of dust is "difficult". Not "impossible" , merely difficult, and we all know difficult costs money and time.
The industry was warned and didn't do much in particular to sort themselves out, so here we are.