Tradies head to court as number diagnosed with deadly lung disease mounts

Kyle Goodwin, pictured with his partner Sarah Wright. Kyle has been diagnosed with accelerated silicosis. (Supplied)

To those who meet him, Kyle Goodwin looks like a perfectly healthy and fit young man.

But inside the former Byron Bay tradie’s lungs he is carrying a potential death sentence.

Six months ago, Mr Goodwin, 33, was diagnosed with accelerated silicosis, an irreversible lung disease caused by exposure to silica dust.

Mr Goodwin’s fate was sealed during the eight years he worked as a stonemason cutting up kitchen bench tops.

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Silicosis: The silent lung disease killing our tradies

The late Anthony White, at Cold Coast stonecutter who died after diagnose with lung disease silicosisImage: Supplied/Shine Lawyers

Shane Parata was a proud stonemason but he can no longer bear the thought of cutting through another piece of stone or marble.

The Queensland-based tradie has been diagnosed with silicosis, the same incurable lung disease that killed his brother last month.

He is now speaking out about the heartbreak in the hope of raising more awareness on this silent killer, as a lawyer close to the family renews a call for law reform in the engineered stone industry.

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Hundreds died breathing dust while building Edinburgh’s New Town, expert claims

STONEMASONS perished in their hundreds due to a deadly lung condition while building some of Edinburgh’s most famous architectural landmarks, an academic has claimed.

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Victorian Government pushes for tougher workplace rules to stop silicosis

The Victorian Government is pushing to adopt one of the strictest workplace standards in the world to prevent silicosis.

Silicosis is a potentially fatal and irreversible lung disease caused by breathing in minute dust particles.

Miners, construction and quarry workers were traditionally prone to the disease before changes in these industries, but a new generation of stone benchtop fabrication workers were now at risk. Read more: abc.net.au

Gold Coast stonemason Anthony White dies from silicosis

A young Gold Coast stonemason who became the face of the silicosis crisis in the industry has died.

Anthony White passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning, his younger brother Shane told nine.com.au. He was just 36 years old.

Mr White is believed to be the first stonemason to die of the irreversible lung disease since warnings over the potential scale of the health epidemic were raised last year.

Read more: infosurhoy.com

Chinese labour rights activists detained as authorities try to shut down silicosis campaign

Journalists’ families and friends report two men were taken this week, months after their Xinshengdai news portal was silenced by the government.

Police in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have intensified their repression of labour activists, detaining at least two campaigners for migrant workers suffering from silicosis and other work-related health problems.

Read more: scmp.com

Silicosis could become an 'epidemic'

The death of a Queensland tradie from silicosis with more cases emerging has sparked concerns the disease could become the next asbestosis.

The silicosis death of a Queensland stonecutter has sparked fears of an epidemic of deaths in the industry as more cases emerge.

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What happens when you get silicosis?

Following what is believed to be the first Australian tradesman death to silicosis, bleak fears are held about the extent of the 'incurable' condition.

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The death of a Queensland tradie from silicosis with more cases emerging has sparked concerns the disease could become the next asbestosis.

Silicosis could turn out to be the next asbestosis in terms of work-related deaths, a Queensland government minister says.

Gold Coast stonecutter Anthony White, who died last weekend, had became the face of the silicosis fight after being diagnosed with the disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust.

Read more: sbs.com.au

Queensland tradie bullied by online trolls while trying to raise awareness for disease which has now taken his life

A Gold Coast stonecutter who died from silicosis was bullied and taunted by online trolls as he tried to raise awareness of the occupational lung disease.

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