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Morgan Reinwald

Company guilty of cancer-causing working conditions

A company and its owner have been fined for exposing workers to cancer-causing silica dust. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

A company has been fined for exposing workers to a deadly particle known to cause cancer.

Exposure to silica dust, a particle 100 times smaller than a grain of sand, can lead to workers developing silicosis - an incurable, debilitating and potentially fatal disease - as well as lung cancer.

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