by admin | Apr 26, 2013 | News
We mourn the workers suffering from asbestosis, Mesothelioma, Lung cancer & other occupational diseases who have suffered an untimely death and pray for long life for workers who are alive. Each day more & more workers/victims of Occupational Disease are...
by admin | Apr 23, 2013 | News
A new study by Urban Emissions, commissioned by Conservation Action Trust and released in partnership with Greenpeace has estimated that in 2011-2012 upto 1,15,000 people died prematurely as a result of emissions from coal-fired power stations in India. The report...
by admin | Apr 20, 2013 | News
The Rajasthan government seems to have finally woken up to an occupational health hazard that has taken a toll on the lives of many mine workers in the state. The state labour department recently held a meeting to discuss silicosis, an irreversible lung disease,...
by admin | Apr 11, 2013 | News
In what may herald a sense of closure to their four-decade long suffering from silicosis, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has asked the State and the AP Mineral Development Corporation to own up and compensate the victims. About 200 of the 400 workers employed in the...
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