The Council of Trade Unions wants the government to ban engineered stone benchtops due to the risks to workers from making the benches.
People manufacturing them are being exposed to dangerous levels of silica dust, causing terminal illnesses like lung cancer, silicosis, and other diseases.
In Australia, engineered stone is being described as the new asbestos, and lawmakers are looking at banning its use.
CTU president Richard Wagstaff spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
