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respiratory

Lung cancer

National Dust Diseases Taskforce to be set up this year

By David Rowley

30 Apr 2019

A national dust diseases taskforce will be set up to tackle the epidemic of silicosis in workers in the stone cutting industry. Federal minister for health Greg Hunt has made a $5 million pledge towards the task force following renewed calls from peak bodies including Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ). TSANZ was joined ...

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