by admin | Dec 6, 2013 | News
Hemavathi Gaunder’s husband, S.R. Gaunder, was employed as a labourer for a reputed power company in Ahmedabad. Three years ago, the Occupational Health Centre in Mumbai diagnosed him with cancer caused by excessive exposure to asbestos. ”My husband died leaving me...
by admin | Dec 6, 2013 | News
India has become the world’s second largest market of asbestos as the government backed by powerful corporate lobby turns a blind eye to diseases related to the use of the hazardous chemical Banned or restricted in more than 50 countries, white chrysotile asbestos is...
by admin | Dec 6, 2013 | News
By Ashok Shrimali* In a letter to three Union ministers – Ghulam Nabi Azad (health), Sis Ram Ola (labour and employment) and Jayanthi Natarajan (forests and environment) – over 200 scientists and 100 labour and health organizations from 36 countries have expressed...
by admin | Dec 6, 2013 | News
by Laurie Kazan-Allen The Russian town of “Asbest” is one of 340 so-called Russian monotowns – a municipality devoted principally to one industry. In this case, as the name itself suggests, it is the mining of asbestos.1 But times are hard for Uralasbest, the company...
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