'I feel robbed': stonemasons launch class action over silica dust exposure

Authorities are bracing for a health crisis that could be worse than asbestos exposure

Despite being more than a year shy of his 30th birthday, Joel Goldby has the lungs of an old man.

The Melbourne stonemason, who worked for a small company installing kitchens, has been diagnosed with potentially deadly silicosis following exposure to silica dust from cutting stone kitchen benchtops over the past 13 years.

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