HIACF helping tradies breathe easier
As silicosis continues to be a health crisis affecting our industry, HIACF has donated funds to help support the development of life-changing diagnostic techniques and treatments.
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Rainforest plant could hold key to lung fibrosis treatment
Researchers from Griffith University’s NatureBank and Metro North Health in Brisbane have found a natural product derived from a Queensland rainforest tree that may hold the key to treating and reversing life-threatening lung diseases, including silicosis.
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Industry Leaders Back Tradie Health
Some of Australia’s biggest companies across construction, mining and agriculture have announced a funding partnership with medical research charity The Common Good to create the Tradie Health institute. Companies such as BESIX Watpac were invited to become founding partners of this world-first initiative due to their commitment to health and…
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Tackling the Silicosis Epidemic
The dangers of asbestos are well known, with exposure to its fibres causing asbestosis and the deadly lung cancer, mesothelioma. Decades on and we are facing a new industrial health crisis, silicosis, which is proving to be just as deadly.
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