Public health messages have effectively warned Australians about the dangers of exposure to dust, chemicals and fumes in the workplace. Awareness of...

Many Australians face workplace hazards endangering their health, yet the results can be easily overlooked. Dust diseases, such as occupational asthma, asbestosis...

Construction workers are well aware of the obvious risks they face at the workplace from common dangers such as asbestos and silica...

One in nine Australians has asthma and many aren’t aware their workplaces could be making their struggle for breath even worse. Work-related...

The health consequences of dust diseases go further than physical effects. In addition to the impacts on their lungs, people living with...

Exposure to silica dust can be lethal for lungs and has a proven link to autoimmune diseases including scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis and...

Over the past year, since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been an increase in people wanting to get their affairs in...

Stone benchtops are the latest must-haves in kitchens across Australia. But few know about the risks involved to the tradespeople preparing these...

Silicosis is a debilitating lung disease – incurable, often progressive and in many cases fatal – caused by breathing in silica dust....

Let’s face it – making a will seems complicated and it’s easy to push it to the bottom of the ‘to-do’ list....