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Luke Costin

State stonewalls silica ban as national talks drag on

Unions are threatening to enforce their own bans on worksites if engineered stone laws don't change. (Luke Costin/AAP PHOTOS)

An unnamed state has been accused of holding up a national ban on deadly engineered stone as NSW says it will consider going it alone to outlaw the products.

States and the federal government have been unable to reach a consensus despite the national work safety watchdog saying a ban was needed to stop thousands more workers developing incurable diseases and cancers.

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