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I am a Bin Chicken who rants about politics.

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Breathing silica dust is bad. I'm so glad that there are government agencies with the autonomy to make rules about this kind of thing -- oh... oh oh no.

(This particular rule is under attack from multiple sides. I wonder how much money it's worth to the mine owners? How much do they get for each year of hacking and suffering in old age from their workforce? We should count it up. Write it on a cake. Make them a cake. Give them the cake. )

https://www.wdtn.com/news/health-news/ap-health/ap-us-miners-union-head-calls-house-republican-effort-to-block-silica-dust-rule-an-attack-on-workers/

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@futurebird This is worth a lot of money to mine owners, who are then happy to donate to the GOP if it protects their business interests.

In Australia, we just a government ban this sort of thing come into effect a few days ago. It was announced about a year ago and had a generous phase-out period to cover work in progress.
https://www.dewr.gov.au/engineeredstone#:~:text=Australia%20is%20banning%20the%20use,stone%20benchtops%2C%20slabs%20and%20panels.
The change was championed by unions who were looking-out for the occupational health & safety of workers. It's a serious issue for people manufacturing and installing engineered stone benchtops in kitchens. Their long-term health is worth far more than a quick buck for the mining industry.

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